• script. Aššur-etil-ilāni, also spelled Ashur-etel-ilani and Ashuretillilani (Neo-Assyrian Akkadian: 𒀸𒋩𒉪𒅅𒀭𒈨𒌍, romanized: Aššur-etil-ilāni, meaning...
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    of Assyria, reigning from the death of his brother and predecessor Aššur-etil-ilāni in 627 BC to his own death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC. Succeeding...
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    king even though Aššur-etil-ilāni is known to have had sons of his own. Historically, it has often been assumed that Aššur-etil-ilāni was deposed by Sîn-šar-iškun...
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    Ashurbanipal (redirect from Assur-bani-pal)
    Ashurbanipal's children are known by name, all sons: Ashur-etil-ilani (𒀸𒋩𒉪𒅅𒀭𒈨𒌍 Aššur-etil-ilāni), who ruled as king 631–627, Sinsharishkun (𒁹𒀭𒌍𒌋𒌋𒃻𒌦...
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    Aššur-etil-ilāni's reign. Aššur-etil-ilāni died in 627 BC after a very short reign and in the following year, Sîn-šumu-līšir rebelled against Aššur-etil-ilāni's...
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  • had come to the throne in 627 BC following the death of his brother Aššur-etil-ilāni and was almost immediately faced by a revolt by the general Sîn-šumu-līšir...
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  • problems is that she was the wife of one of the last Assyrian kings, Aššur-etil-ilāni (r. 631–627 BC) or Sîn-šar-iškun (r. 627–612 BC). Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk...
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  • instability caused by fighting between Sin-shar-ishkun and his brother Assur-etil-ilani. In 626 BC, Nabopolassar, the Babylonian ruler revolted against the...
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    husband's death, as documents from the reign of her probable son, Ashur-etil-ilani (r. 631–627 BC) reference the "mother of the king". Libbāli-šarrat enjoys...
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    Neo-Assyrian Empire, between 626 and 609 BC. Succeeding his brother Ashur-etil-ilani (r. 631–627 BC), the new king of Assyria, Sinsharishkun (r. 627–612 BC)...
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  • placing of the eponyms, the Assyrian dating system, of Etel-pi-Aššur and Aššur-bel-ilani are correct. The latter part of his reign was characterized by...
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  • interpretation and sees Puzur-Aššur I as part of a longer dynasty started by one of his predecessors, Sulili. Inscriptions link Puzur-Aššur I to his immediate successors...
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    peace and stability. Ashurbanipal was first succeeded by his son Ashur-etil-ilani, but he died in 627 BC at around the same time as Kandalanu, leading to...
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    Ashur-uballit I (Aššur-uballiṭ I), who reigned between c. 1363 and c. 1328 BC, was the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire. After his father Eriba-Adad...
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    throne was inherited by his son Ashur-etil-ilani. Though some historians have forwarded the idea that Ashur-etil-ilani was a minor upon his accession, this...
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    Assyrian national deity Ashur. The Middle Assyrian Empire was founded through Assur, a city-state that also controlled trading colonies through most of the...
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    Assyria's enemies and rivals. After Ashurbanipal's death, his sons Ashur-etil-ilani and Sinsharishkun retained control of his empire for a time, but during...
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    Ashur-dan III (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform:  Aššur-dān, meaning "Ashur is strong") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 773 BC to his death in 755...
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  • the Neo-Assyrian Empire in 609 BC to the final sack and destruction of Assur, Assyria's ancient religious capital, by the Sasanian Empire c. AD 240–250...
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    transcribed as Šarru-kīn I and Sharru-ken I) was the king (Išši’ak Aššur, "Steward of Assur") during the Old Assyrian period from c. 1920 BC to 1881 BC. On...
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  • Ashur-nirari V (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform:  Aššur-nārāri, meaning "Ashur is my help") was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 755 BC to his death in...
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  • Aššūr-bēl-kala, inscribed maš-šur-EN-ka-la and meaning “Aššur is lord of all,” was the king of Assyria 1074/3–1056 BC, the 89th to appear on the Assyrian...
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  • preceding the Old Assyrian period and covering the history of the city of Assur, and its people and culture, prior to the foundation of Assyria as an independent...
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  • the second stage of Assyrian history, covering the history of the city of Assur from its rise as an independent city-state under Puzur-Ashur I c. 2025 BC...
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    Ashur-nasir-pal II (transliteration: Aššur-nāṣir-apli, meaning "Ashur is guardian of the heir") was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BCE. Ashurnasirpal...
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    king Aššur-bel-nišešu, an affiliation attested in brick inscriptions, king-lists and a tablet although a single king list gives his father as Aššur-rā’im-nišēšu...
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    commander-in-chief) Dayyan-Assur, and six years later, Nineveh and other cities revolted against him under his rebel son Assur-danin-pal. Civil war continued...
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  • Ishme-Dagan I (Akkadian: Išme-Dagān) was a monarch of Ekallatum and Assur during the Old Assyrian period. The much later Assyrian King List (AKL) credits...
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  • left behind inscriptions pertaining to Urash's E-ibbi-Anum include Ashur-etil-ilani and Nebuchadnezzar II. Urash was still worshiped in Dilbat in early Achaemenid...
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    being the name of the oldest portion of the ancient Assyrian capital of Assur). Perhaps Sargon was connected to a junior branch of the royal dynasty established...
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