Asinum

 ( 18th-century Bc Assyrian Kings ) 

Asinum was possibly a king of Assyria during the 18th century BC, and a grandson of Shamshi-Adad I. He was overthrown by Puzur-Sin because he was of Amorite extraction; not included in the standard King List, but attested in Puzur-Sin's inscription.

Asinum was deposed in a revolt that aimed to restore the traditions of Old Assyrian period. In the inscription left by Puzur-Sin, the Amorite kings beginning with Shamsi-Adad were described as "foreign plague not of the flesh of the city of Assur" while the latter was accused of constructing a palace for himself (possibly a reference to the so-called Old Palace built next to the ziggurat) and destroying old Assur shrines.

After Asinum's rule, anarchy ensued in Assyria after a series of eight usurpers seized the throne.

Stephen Bertman (2026). 9780195183641, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780195183641

It is unclear whether Asinum was a personal name or a title.

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