King of Assyria

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head of state hereditary ruler monarch royal title

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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All labels observed (6)

Label Occurrences
King of Assyria canonical 11
Neo-Assyrian kings 3
Assyrian kings 2

Statements (77)

Predicate Object
instanceOf head of state ⓘ
hereditary ruler ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
royal title ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire
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 Empire ⓘ
surface form: Middle Assyrian period

Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
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 ⓘ
Babylon ⓘ
surface form: Babylonia

Elam ⓘ
Levant region ⓘ
surface form: Levant

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 inscriptions ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ

Referenced by (19)

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 → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian kings
Tiglath-Pileser III → title → King of Assyria ⓘ
Shalmaneser V → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Book of Judith → characterRole → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Nebuchadnezzar is king of the Assyrians in the story
prophet Jonah → audience → King of Assyria ⓘ
subject surface form: Jonah
this entity surface form: king of Nineveh
Sennacherib → title → King of Assyria ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian → usedBy → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian kings
Esarhaddon → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Ashurnasirpal II → positionHeld → King of Assyria ⓘ
Assyrian religion → linkedTo → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian kingship
Eighth Dynasty of Assyria → usesTitle → King of Assyria ⓘ
šar kibrāt erbetti → usedBy → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian kings
šar kiššatim → usedBy → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian kings
šar kiššatim → usedBy → King of Assyria ⓘ
this entity surface form: Neo-Assyrian kings
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 ⓘ