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Siege of Babylon (650–648 BC)
The siege of Babylon (650–648 BC) was the two-year Assyrian siege of rebel-held Babylon, which fell to famine, ending the civil war between Ashurbanipal and his brother Shamash-shum-ukin.
Siege of Babylon (689 BC)
The siege of Babylon in 689 BC was the capture and destruction of the city by the Assyrian king Sennacherib, ending the revolt of the pretender Mushezib-Marduk.
Siege of Harran
The siege of Harran (609 BC) was the final attempt by the last Assyrian king, Ashur-uballit II, supported by Egyptian forces under Necho II, to retake Harran.
Siege of Samaria (724–722 BC)
The siege of Samaria, also called the fall of Samaria, was the Assyrian capture of Israel's capital under its last king, Hoshea, ending the kingdom as an independent state.
Siege of Tyre (586–573 BC)
The siege of Tyre (586–573 BC) was Nebuchadnezzar II's Babylonian siege of the island city of Tyre, which ended in a negotiated peace without capture.
Siege of Tyre (671 BC)
The siege of Tyre in 671 BC was Esarhaddon's blockade of the island city, forcing King Baal I to submit, pay tribute, and cede mainland towns.
Siege of Tyre (725 BC)
The Siege of Tyre (725 BC) was an Assyrian siege by Shalmaneser V, who cut the island city of Tyre off from its mainland water supply for five years.
Silli-Adad
Silli-Adad (Sillî-Adad) was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, the 12th ruler of its dynasty, who reigned one year, c. 1835 BC, between Sin-iqisham and Warad-Sin.
Silli-Sin
Silli-Sin (Sillī-Sin) was a king of Eshnunna in the Early Old Babylonian period, when the city joined a coalition against Hammurabi of Babylon and was eventually taken over by him.
Simat-Ishtaran
Simat-Ishtaran, also written Šāt-Eštar, was a princess of the Third Dynasty of Ur who married the physician and general Šu-Kabta and managed the Garšana estate alone after his death.
Simbar-shipak
Simbar-shipak, also written Simbar-Šiḫu, was a king of Babylon and the first ruler of the Second Dynasty of the Sealand, which took over after the Kassite dynasty fell.
Simurrum
Simurrum was an ancient kingdom in the Zagros foothills, centered on the Shahrizor plain in Iraqi Kurdistan, an adversary of the Ur III state under King Šulgi.
Sin of Sargon
The Sin of Sargon is a fragmentary Neo-Assyrian text in which Sennacherib uses extispicy to find the sin that caused the gods to abandon Sargon II.
Sin-balassu-iqbi
Sîn-balāssu-iqbi was governor of the southern Mesopotamian city of Ur in the seventh century BC, serving under Ashurbanipal and known chiefly from Sumerian building inscriptions recording an extensive building program at Ur.
Sin-Eribam
Sin-Eribam (Sîn-erībam, also written Sin-iribam) was the tenth king of the city-state of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, ruling for two years, 1842–1841 BC, between Sin-iddinam and Sin-iqišam.
Sin-gamil
Sin-gamil (Sîn-gāmil) was a king of Uruk, modern Warka in Iraq, during the early Old Babylonian period, known from three year names recording his accession and temple dedications.
Sin-iddinam (governor of Larsa)
Sin-iddinam was a high official of the Babylonian king Hammurabi, appointed governor general of Larsa after its conquest in Hammurabi's 30th year, around 1762 BC.
Sin-Iddinam (king of Larsa)
Sîn-iddinam was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia, the ninth ruler of the Larsa Dynasty, who reigned seven years, c. 1849–1843 BC, succeeding Nur-Adad and preceding Sin-iribam.
Sin-Iqisham
Sin-Iqisham (Sîn-iqišam) was a king of Larsa in southern Mesopotamia during the Isin-Larsa period, reigning five years, c. 1841–1836 BC, and recording a victory over Uruk, Kazallu, Elam, and Isin.
Sin-kashid
Sin-kashid (Sîn-kāšid, also written Sin-kasid) was an Amorite king of Uruk in southern Mesopotamia, c. 1865–1833 BC, who took Uruk from Larsa, founded a dynasty, and built a large palace known from over 100 inscriptions.
Sîn-lēqi-unninni
Sîn-lēqi-unninni, also written Sin-leqe-unninni, was a Babylonian exorcist and scholar of Uruk whom tradition credits with compiling the Standard Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh, probably under the Kassite dynasty.
Sin-magir
Sin-magir (Sîn-māgir) was a king of Isin in southern Mesopotamia, the 14th and penultimate ruler of the First Dynasty of Isin, who reigned 11 years, 1827–1817 BC.
Sin-muballit
Sin-muballit was an Amorite king of Babylon, the fifth ruler of the First Dynasty and father and immediate predecessor of Hammurabi, reigning about 1812 to 1793 BC.
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.
Sippar Old Babylonian archives
The Sippar Old Babylonian archives, also known as the Sippar tablets, are cuneiform tablet finds from the twin towns of Sippar near Baghdad, dating to about 1900–1600 BC, including the largest private archive of the period.
Song of the hoe
The Song of the hoe is a Sumerian poem of about 109 lines in which the god Enlil separates heaven from earth and forms humankind with a hoe.
Standard of Ur
The Standard of Ur, or Royal Standard of Ur, is a mosaic-inlaid wooden box excavated by Leonard Woolley at Ur in the 1920s, now in the British Museum.
State Archives of Assyria
The State Archives of Assyria is a Helsinki series, running 1987 to 2024, of critical editions of Neo-Assyrian cuneiform texts, chiefly from Nineveh's royal archives.
State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire
State communications in the Neo-Assyrian Empire was the royal relay system of letters and messengers linking the king to his governors and commanders, evidenced by about 3,000 surviving letters.