Shamash-shum-ukin
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Shamash-shum-ukin was a 7th-century BCE Babylonian king, son of the Assyrian ruler Esarhaddon, best known for his ill-fated rebellion against his brother Ashurbanipal of Assyria.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Shamash-shum-ukin canonical | 7 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Babylonian king
ⓘ
human ⓘ monarch ⓘ |
| alliedWith |
Arab tribes
ⓘ
Arameans NERFINISHED ⓘ Chaldeans NERFINISHED ⓘ Elam NERFINISHED ⓘ Guti NERFINISHED ⓘ Tyre NERFINISHED ⓘ Urartu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Esarhaddon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity | Shamash NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| capital | Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conflict | Babylonian revolt against Assyria ⓘ |
| country | Babylonia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture | Babylonian ⓘ |
| deathCause | suicide by self-immolation (traditional account) ⓘ |
| deathPlace | Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era |
Neo-Assyrian period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Neo-Babylonian milieu (prelude) ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | Assyrian NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| father | Esarhaddon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| floruit | 7th century BCE ⓘ |
| historicalRegion | Mesopotamia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| house | Sargonid dynasty NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
being brother of Ashurbanipal
ⓘ
joint succession arrangement with Ashurbanipal ⓘ leading major Babylonian revolt against Assyria ⓘ |
| mother | Esharra-hammat NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nameMeaning | "Shamash has established a name" (approximate) ⓘ |
| nativeLanguage | Akkadian ⓘ |
| notableEvent | Rebellion against Ashurbanipal ⓘ |
| opponent | Ashurbanipal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Sargonid dynasty of Assyria NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | King of Babylon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| predecessor | Esarhaddon NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| reignEnd | 648 BCE ⓘ |
| reignStart | 669 BCE ⓘ |
| religion | Mesopotamian polytheism ⓘ |
| sibling |
Ashur-etil-ilani
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Ashurbanipal NERFINISHED ⓘ Serua-eterat NERFINISHED ⓘ Sin-shar-ishkun NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| sourceMention |
Assyrian royal inscriptions
ⓘ
Babylonian chronicles NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| subordinateTo | Ashurbanipal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| successor | Kandalanu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| title | šar Bābili (King of Babylon) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| vassalOf | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (7)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.