Individual Details
Ashurbanipal King of Assyria
(685 BC - 627 BC)
Ashurbanipal was born toward the end of a fifteen-hundred-year period of Assyrian ascendancy.
His father, Esarhaddon, youngest son of Sennacherib, had become heir when the crown prince, Ashur-nadin-shumi, was deposed by rebels from his position as vassal for Babylon. Esarhaddon was not the son of Sennacherib's queen, Tashmetum-sharrat, but of the West Semitic "palace woman" Zakutu, known by her native name, Naqi'a. The only queen known for Esarhaddon was Ashur-hamat, who died in 672 BCE.
His father, Esarhaddon, youngest son of Sennacherib, had become heir when the crown prince, Ashur-nadin-shumi, was deposed by rebels from his position as vassal for Babylon. Esarhaddon was not the son of Sennacherib's queen, Tashmetum-sharrat, but of the West Semitic "palace woman" Zakutu, known by her native name, Naqi'a. The only queen known for Esarhaddon was Ashur-hamat, who died in 672 BCE.
Events
| Birth | 685 BC | Harran, Assyria | |||
| Death | 627 BC | Harran, Assyria |
Families
| Child | Adad Guppi (-649 - -547) |
| Father | Esarhaddon King of Assyria ( - -669) |
| Mother | Ashur-hamat Queen of Assyria ( - ) |