Aminu (Assyrian king)

Aminu was according to the Assyrian King List the 26th Assyrian monarch, ruling in Assyria's early period. Aminu is listed within a section of the AKL as the last of the, "kings whose fathers are known". This section had been written in reverse order—beginning with Aminu and ending with Apiashal "altogether ten kings who are ancestors"—and has often been interpreted as the list of ancestors of the Amorite Šamši-Adad I who had conquered the city-state of Aššur. This interpretation thus disputes that Aminu ever ruled Assur or Assyria. The AKL also states that Aminu had been both the son and successor of Ila-kabkabu. Additionally, the AKL states that Aminu had been both the predecessor and father of Sulili.
The name "Aminu" is known from a seal of a servant, but this may not be a reference to the otherwise unattested Assyrian ruler, but instead to a man attested at Mari in the time of Shamshi-Adad I.