King of Assyria

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The King of Assyria was the sovereign ruler of the ancient Assyrian Empire, wielding supreme political, military, and religious authority over its territories in Mesopotamia and beyond.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
hereditary ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Assyrian Empire ⓘ
linked to: Assyria
appointedBy hereditary succession ⓘ
associatedWith cuneiform inscriptions ⓘ
relief sculptures ⓘ
royal annals ⓘ
chiefDeity Ashur ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
country Assyria ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
diplomaticRelationsWith foreign rulers ⓘ
vassal kings ⓘ
exercisedControlThrough military officials ⓘ
provincial governors ⓘ
royal administrators ⓘ
expectedDuty honoring the gods ⓘ
maintaining order ⓘ
protecting the realm ⓘ
flourishedDuring Middle Assyrian period ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
governmentForm absolute monarchy ⓘ
hasCapital Ashur ⓘ
Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
Nimrud ⓘ
Nineveh ⓘ
hasPart military authority ⓘ
political authority ⓘ
religious authority ⓘ
knownFor large-scale building projects ⓘ
military expansion ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
languageUsed Akkadian ⓘ
Aramaic ⓘ
legalAuthorityOver law codes and decrees ⓘ
legitimizedBy divine mandate ⓘ
patronage of the god Ashur ⓘ
militaryCampaignsDirectedAt Anatolia ⓘ
Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Elam ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Syria ⓘ
notableOfficeHolder Ashurbanipal ⓘ
Ashurnasirpal II ⓘ
Esarhaddon ⓘ
Sargon II ⓘ
Sennacherib ⓘ
Shalmaneser III ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
oftenCameFromDynasty Adaside dynasty ⓘ
Sargonid dynasty ⓘ
positionHeldIn Mesopotamia ⓘ
powerOver imperial bureaucracy ⓘ
provinces of the Assyrian Empire ⓘ
vassal states ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
residence palace at Ashur ⓘ
palace at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
palace at Nimrud ⓘ
palace at Nineveh ⓘ
royal palace ⓘ
role commander-in-chief of the Assyrian army ⓘ
high priest of the state cult ⓘ
supreme judge ⓘ
sourceOfInformation Assyrian chronicles ⓘ
archaeological remains ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ
succeededByOffice King of Babylon (in some periods) ⓘ
symbolOfOffice crown ⓘ
royal robe ⓘ
scepter ⓘ
timePeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
titleInLanguage Akkadian: šar māt Aššur ⓘ
Akkadian: šarru Aššur ⓘ

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Referenced by (40)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sargon II → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
King of the Four Corners of the World → usedBy → Neo-Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Tiglath-Pileser III → title → King of Assyria ⓘ
Shalmaneser V → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Book of Judith → characterRole → Nebuchadnezzar is king of the Assyrians in the story ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Jonah → audience → king of Nineveh ⓘ
subject linked to: prophet Jonah
linked to: King of Assyria
Sennacherib → title → King of Assyria ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian → usedBy → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Esarhaddon → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Ashurnasirpal II → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Assyrian religion → linkedTo → Assyrian kingship ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Eighth Dynasty of Assyria → usesTitle → King of Assyria ⓘ
šar kibrāt erbetti → usedBy → Neo-Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
šar kiššatim → usedBy → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
šar kiššatim → usedBy → Neo-Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III → royalTitle → King of Assyria ⓘ
Ashur-nirari V → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Ululayu → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
King of Babylon → relatedPosition → King of Assyria ⓘ
Tashmetu-sharrat → spouseTitle → King of Assyria ⓘ
King of the Hittites → diplomaticPartner → Kings of Assyria ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Carian mercenaries → employer → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Neo-Assyrian royal administration → headedBy → Neo-Assyrian king ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
royal quarter of Nineveh → usedBy → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Urartian kings → rivaled → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Esharra-hammat → spouseOccupation → King of Assyria ⓘ
King of Sumer and Akkad → usedBy → Neo-Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Aššur-bāni-apli → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Aššur-bāni-apli → hasTitle → King of Assyria ⓘ
Calah → governedBy → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Ashur-etil-ilani → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Shalmaneser I → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
House of Adasi → positionHeld → Kings of Assyria ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Ashur-uballit I → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Burna-Buriash II → correspondedWith → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Enlil-nirari → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Shamshi-Adad V → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Egyptian royal archives at Amarna → correspondentsInclude → kings of Assyria ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria
Šarru-kīn → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Seventh Dynasty of Assyria → dynastyOf → Assyrian kings ⓘ
linked to: King of Assyria