Shamash-shum-ukin
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Gender | Male |
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Died | Babylon |
648 BC | |
Babylon | |
Parents | Esarhaddon |
Ešarra-ḫammat | |
House | Sargonid dynasty |
Siblings | Ashurbanipal |
Grandparents | Sennacherib |
Naqi'a | |
Naqiʾa | |
Nephews | Ashur-uballit II |
Sinsharishkun | |
Ashur-etil-ilani | |
Akkadian | Šamaš-šuma-ukin; Šamaš-šumu-ukīn |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 2215140 |
Shamash-shum-ukin Life story
Šamaš-šuma-ukin, was king of Babylon as a vassal of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 668 BC to his death in 648. Born into the Assyrian royal family, Šamaš-šuma-ukin was the son of the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon and the elder brother of Esarhaddon's successor Ashurbanipal.