King of the Four Corners of the World

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ancient Near Eastern title royal epithet

King of the Four Corners of the World is an ancient Near Eastern royal epithet signifying universal sovereignty over all lands, famously adopted by powerful rulers such as Cyrus the Great.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
King of the Four Quarters 3
King of the Four Quarters of the World 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Near Eastern title ⓘ
royal epithet ⓘ
associatedWithConcept cosmic kingship ⓘ
imperial universalism ⓘ
category ancient title of nobility ⓘ
royal style ⓘ
culturalContext Mesopotamian kingship ideology ⓘ
imperial titulature ⓘ
denotesStatus supreme king ⓘ
world ruler ⓘ
equivalentOrRelatedTitle šar kibrāt erbetti ⓘ
hasComponentConcept four cardinal directions ⓘ
territorial totality ⓘ
hasGenderAssociation male rulership ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
impliesAuthorityOver east ⓘ
north ⓘ
south ⓘ
west ⓘ
influencedBy Mesopotamian cosmology ⓘ
languageOfTitle Akkadian ⓘ
notablyAttestedOn Cyrus Cylinder ⓘ
regionOfOrigin Mesopotamia ⓘ
Ancient Near East ⓘ
surface form: ancient Near East
relatedTo Naram-Sin of Akkad ⓘ
surface form: King of Sumer and Akkad

King of the Universe ⓘ
scriptOfAttestation cuneiform ⓘ
signifies rule over all lands ⓘ
universal sovereignty ⓘ
timeOfContinuedUse 1st millennium BCE ⓘ
timeOfFirstKnownUse Akkadian Empire ⓘ
surface form: Akkadian Empire period
timeOfProminentUse 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ
usedBy Achaemenid kings ⓘ
Cyrus the Great ⓘ
Naram-Sin of Akkad ⓘ
King of Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Assyrian kings

Nebuchadnezzar II ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Babylonian kings

Sargon of Akkad ⓘ
Shulgi of Ur ⓘ
usedFor expressing hegemony over subject peoples ⓘ
legitimizing royal power ⓘ
usedIn Akkadian royal ideology ⓘ
Mesopotamia ⓘ
surface form: ancient Mesopotamia
usedInMedium foundation tablets ⓘ
monumental inscriptions ⓘ
royal inscriptions ⓘ

Referenced by (7)

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

King of Media → relatedTitle → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
King of the Universe → relatedTitle → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Four Quarters
Cyrus the Great → title → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
King of Persia → title → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
subject surface form: Cyrus the Great
Nebuchadnezzar II → title → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Four Quarters of the World
Shalmaneser V → title → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Four Quarters
Tiglath-Pileser III → title → King of the Four Corners of the World ⓘ
this entity surface form: King of the Four Quarters