King of Assyria (745-727). He assumed the throne of Babylon (728-727) after defeating Nabû-mūkin-zēri and ruled for two years, until his death. He was the first ruler to join Assyria and Babylon under a personal union. In BKLa he is named Pūlu (it is possible that this was his former name before ascending to the Assyrian Throne) and in the Ptolemaic Canon he is named Poros, Phulus in Berossus, and Pul in the Bible (2 Kings: 15- 19). At least three economic texts are dated to his first year as king of Babylon.