Ashur-nirari V

E384023

Ashur-nirari V was a king of Assyria in the 8th century BCE whose troubled reign preceded the empire’s major expansion under Tiglath-Pileser III.

All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Aššur-nērārī V 3
Ashur-nirari V canonical 1
Ashur-nērārī V 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian king
human
king of Assyria
alsoKnownAs Ashur-nirari V
surface form: Ashur-nērārī V

Ashur-nirari V
surface form: Aššur-nērārī V
areaOfInfluence Upper Mesopotamia
surface form: Northern Mesopotamia
associatedWith Assur archaeological site
surface form: Assur temple administration
capital Ashur
surface form: Assur
centuryOfActivity 8th century BCE
chronologicalPosition early Neo-Assyrian kings
chronologyType short chronology of the Ancient Near East
conflict internal Assyrian revolts
country Assyria
culture Assyrian
deathPlace Assyria
dynasty Adaside dynasty
era Neo-Assyrian Empire
surface form: Neo-Assyrian period
ethnicity Assyrian
father Adad-nārārī III
surface form: Adad-nirari III
followedBy Assyrian imperial expansion under Tiglath-Pileser III
governmentType absolute monarchy
historicalPeriod Iron Age
knownFrom Assyrian king lists
eponym lists
royal inscriptions
languageOfName Akkadian
notableFor internal instability in Assyria
ruling Assyria before its major expansion under Tiglath-Pileser III
weakening of royal authority
politicalContext decline of central Assyrian power
positionHeld King of Assyria
powerBase Assyrian nobility
precededBy a period of plague and unrest in Assyria
predecessor Ashur-dan III
realm Neo-Assyrian Empire
regionRuled Upper Mesopotamia
reignEnd 745 BCE
reignStart 755 BCE
religion Assyrian religion
surface form: Assyro-Babylonian religion
royalHouse House of Adad-nirari III
succeededBy a period of Assyrian military expansion
successor Tiglath-Pileser III
successorDynastically Tiglath-Pileser III
title King of the Four Corners of the World
surface form: King of the Four Quarters

King of the Universe

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

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

Tiglath-Pileser III predecessor Ashur-nirari V
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III predecessor Ashur-nirari V
this entity surface form: Aššur-nērārī V
Tukultī-apil-Ešarra III possibleFather Ashur-nirari V
this entity surface form: Aššur-nērārī V
Ashur-nirari V alsoKnownAs Ashur-nirari V
this entity surface form: Aššur-nērārī V
Ashur-nirari V alsoKnownAs Ashur-nirari V
this entity surface form: Ashur-nērārī V