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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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