Sarru-kinu

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Sarru-kinu is another name for Sargon II, the Neo-Assyrian king who ruled in the late 8th century BCE and expanded the Assyrian Empire through extensive military campaigns.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Sarru-kinu canonical 1
Sharru-kin 1
Šarru-kīn 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian king ⓘ
human ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sargon II ⓘ
associatedDeity Ashur ⓘ
associatedWith imperial administration reforms ⓘ
large-scale building projects ⓘ
built fortifications at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
palaces at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
campaignAgainst Babylonia ⓘ
linked to: Babylon

Kingdom of Israel ⓘ
Philistia ⓘ
Urartu ⓘ
linked to: Kingdom of Urartu
capitalFounded Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
capitalFoundedModernName Khorsabad ⓘ
capturedCity Samaria ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
deathDate 705 BCE ⓘ
deathPlace in battle (likely Tabal region) ⓘ
dynasty Sargonid dynasty ⓘ
era 8th century BCE ⓘ
father Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
house House of Sargon ⓘ
linked to: Fortress of Sargon
knownFor expansion of the Assyrian Empire ⓘ
extensive military campaigns ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
meaningOfName the king is legitimate ⓘ
nameInAkkadian Šarru-kīn ⓘ
notableEvent campaigns in Anatolia ⓘ
consolidation of Assyrian control over the Levant ⓘ
foundation of a new royal capital at Dur-Sharrukin ⓘ
period Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
policy mass deportations of conquered peoples ⓘ
predecessor Shalmaneser V ⓘ
region Ancient Near East ⓘ
reignEnd 705 BCE ⓘ
reignStart 722 BCE ⓘ
religion Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ
royalInscriptionLanguage Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ
royalTitleStyle traditional Assyrian royal titulary ⓘ
ruledOver Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
succeededBy his son Sennacherib ⓘ
successor Sennacherib ⓘ
title King of Assyria ⓘ
King of the Four Quarters ⓘ
King of the Universe ⓘ
usedFor royal inscriptions ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

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

Sargon II → alsoKnownAs → Sarru-kinu ⓘ
Sargon of Akkad → alsoKnownAs → Sharru-kin ⓘ
linked to: Sarru-kinu
Sargon of Akkad → alsoKnownAs → Šarru-kīn ⓘ
linked to: Sarru-kinu