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Adad-nirari II
Adad-nirari II, also known as Adad-nerari II, was king of Assyria from 911 to 891 BC, the first Neo-Assyrian king, who revived Assyria and defeated the Babylonian king Šamaš-mudammiq.
Adad-nirari III
Adad-nirari III, also written Adad-nerari III, was king of Assyria from 810 to 783 BCE, son of Shamshi-Adad V and Sammuramat, who campaigned as far as Damascus and the Mediterranean.
Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk
Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk, also Ana-Tashmetum-taklak, was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire in the late eighth and seventh centuries BC, known from seals, whose husband, proposed as Esarhaddon or Sargon II, cannot be identified with certainty.
Ashur-dan II
Ashur-dan II, also known as Aššur-dān II, was king of Assyria from 934 to 912 BC, counted as the first king of the Neo-Assyrian period.
Ashur-dan III
Ashur-dan III (Aššur-dān III) was king of Assyria from 772 to 755 BC, son of Adad-nirari III, whose reign of plagues and revolts marked the age of the magnates.
Ashur-nadin-shumi
Ashur-nadin-shumi, also Aššur-nādin-šumi, was a son of the Assyrian king Sennacherib whom his father made king of Babylon; he reigned six years until the Elamites captured and deported him to Elam in 694 BC.
Ashur-nirari V
Ashur-nirari V (Aššur-nērārī V) was king of Assyria from 754 to 745 BC, a son of Adad-nirari III whose weak reign ended in rebellion and the accession of Tiglath-pileser III.
Ashur-uballit II
Ashur-uballit II, also written Assur-uballit II, was the last ruler of Assyria, reigning from 612 to 609 BC until his defeat at Ḫarran ended the Assyrian monarchy.
Ashurnasirpal II
Ashurnasirpal II, also known as Aššur-nāṣir-apli II, was king of Assyria from 883 to 859 BC who rebuilt the empire's power and founded the new capital Kalhu, modern Nimrud.
Atalia (queen of Sargon II)
Atalia, also written Atalya or Atala, was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire and wife of King Sargon II, known from inscribed grave goods found at Nimrud in northern Iraq.
Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon, also known as Aššur-aḫa-iddina, was king of Assyria from 681 to 669 BC, son of Sennacherib and father of Ashurbanipal, who rebuilt Babylon and conquered Egypt in 671 BC.
Esharra-hammat
Ešarra-ḫammat was a queen of Assyria and wife of King Esarhaddon, who died in 672 BC; the king built her a mausoleum and never remarried.
Libbali-sharrat
Libbāli-šarrat was a 7th-century BC queen of Assyria, wife of King Ashurbanipal, known from her own stele from Assur and probably the garden banquet relief from Nineveh.
Mullissu-mukannishat-Ninua
Mullissu-mukannishat-Ninua was a queen of Assyria in the ninth century BC, wife of King Ashurnasirpal II and the first queen attested in the Neo-Assyrian Period.
Mushezib-Marduk
Mushezib-Marduk (Mušēzib-Marduk) was a Chaldean king of Babylon from 692 to 689 BC who allied with Elam against Sennacherib of Assyria and fought at Halule in 691 BC.
Naqi'a
Naqi'a, also known as Zakutu, was an Assyrian queen, wife of Sennacherib and mother of Esarhaddon, best known for the loyalty treaty securing Ashurbanipal's succession around 669 BC.
Shalmaneser III
Shalmaneser III, also known as Šulmānu-ašarēdu III, was king of Assyria from 858 to 824 BC, whose Black Obelisk depicts the submission of Jehu, king of Israel.
Shalmaneser IV
Shalmaneser IV (Šulmānu-ašarēdu IV) was king of Assyria from 783 to 773 BC, son of Adad-nirari III, whose power was checked by the commander-in-chief Shamshi-ilu.
Shalmaneser V
Shalmaneser V (Hebrew שַׁלְמַנְאֶ֫סֶר, Akkadian Šulmānu-ašarēdu) was king of Assyria and Babylon from 727 to 722 BC, the son of Tiglath-pileser III, remembered for the siege of Samaria.
Shamash-shum-ukin
Shamash-shum-ukin (Šamaš-šuma-ukīn) was king of Babylon from 667 or 668 to 648 BC, a son of Esarhaddon and probably the elder brother of Ashurbanipal, who rebelled against him and died when Babylon fell in 648.
Shamshi-Adad V
Shamshi-Adad V (Šamši-Adad V) was king of Assyria from 823 to 811 BC, a son of Shalmaneser III who won a long civil war against his brother Ashur-danin-pal.
Sin-shar-ishkun
Sin-shar-ishkun (Sîn-šar-iškun) was a son of Ashurbanipal and king of Assyria from the late 620s BC until 612 BC, when he died defending his capital Nineveh against Babylonians and Medes.
Sin-shumu-lishir
Sin-shumu-lishir (Sîn-šumu-līšir) was an Assyrian general and chief eunuch who claimed kingship over Assyria and Babylonia in 626 BC, during the succession crisis after Ashurbanipal, ruling briefly over part of Babylonia.
Tashmetu-sharrat
Tašmētu-šarrat, also written Tašmetum-šarrat, was an Assyrian queen, the wife of King Sennacherib (r. 704–681 BC), whose name means "Tašmetu is queen"; a unique palace inscription at Nineveh calls her his beloved wife.
Tiglath-Pileser III
Tiglath-Pileser III, also known as Pul and Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III, was king of Assyria from 745 to 727 BC and briefly king of Babylon, annexing Aram-Damascus and most of Israel.
Tukulti-Ninurta II
Tukultī-Ninurta II was king of Assyria from 890 to 884 BC, the son of Adad-nērārī II and father of Aššurnaṣirpal II, who consolidated his father's reconquests.
Yaba (Assyrian queen)
Yaba, also written Iaba, was a queen of Assyria and wife of Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 744–727 BC), known from inscriptions and her tomb at Nimrud.