- Ad ad ▁( ; ▁Am or ite : ▁Sh am sh i - Ad du ; ▁fl . ▁c . ▁ 1 8 0 9 ▁BC ▁– ▁c . ▁ 1 7 7 6 ▁BC ▁by ▁the ▁middle ▁chron ology ) ▁was ▁an ▁Am or ite ▁who ▁had ▁conquer ed ▁lands ▁across ▁much ▁of ▁Sy ria , ▁An atol ia , ▁and ▁Upper ▁Mes op ot am ia ▁for ▁the ▁Old ▁Ass y rian ▁Empire . ▁ ▁R ise ▁ ▁Sh am sh i - Ad ad ▁I ▁inherited ▁the ▁throne ▁in ▁Ek all atum ▁from ▁I la - k ab k ab u ▁( fl . ▁c . ▁ 1 8 3 6 ▁BC ▁– ▁c . ▁ 1 8 3 3 ▁BC ). ▁I la - k ab k ab u ▁is ▁mentioned ▁as ▁the ▁father ▁of ▁Sh am sh i - Ad ad ▁I ▁in ▁the ▁" Ass y rian ▁King ▁List " ▁( AK L ); ▁a ▁similar ▁name ▁( not ▁necessarily ▁the ▁same ▁figure ) ▁is ▁listed ▁in ▁the ▁preceding ▁section ▁of ▁the ▁A K L ▁among ▁the ▁“ k ings ▁whose ▁f athers ▁are ▁known ”. ▁However , ▁Sh am sh i - Ad ad ▁I ▁did ▁not ▁inherit ▁the ▁Ass y rian ▁throne ▁from ▁his ▁father , ▁but ▁was ▁instead ▁a ▁conquer or . ▁I la - k ab k ab u ▁had ▁been ▁an ▁Am or ite ▁king ▁not ▁of ▁Ass ur ▁( A š š ur ) ▁( in ▁Ass y ria )