- of
cuneiform script. Sîn-šar-
iškun (Neo-****yrian Akkadian: 𒁹𒀭𒌍𒌋𒌋𒃻𒌦, romanized: Sîn-šar-
iškun or Sîn-šarru-
iškun,
meaning "Sîn has established...
- act independently. Aššur-etil-ilāni was
succeeded by his
brother Sîn-šar-
iškun under uncertain,
though not
necessarily violent, cir****stances.
There is...
-
predecessor Sîn-šar-
iškun's death at the Fall of
Nineveh in 612 BC to his own
defeat at
Harran in 609 BC. He was
possibly the son of Sîn-šar-
iškun and
likely the...
-
immediate predecessor, Nabû-šuma-
iškun. It
records that the "dynasty of
Chaldea was terminated" (with Nabû-šuma-
iškun) and "its
kingship was transferred...
-
three months in 626 BC
during a
revolt against the rule of the king Sîn-šar-
iškun. He was the only
eunuch to ever
claim the
throne of ****yria.
Nothing is...
- Nabû-šuma-
iškun,
inscribed mdnabû-šuma-iškunun, and
meaning "Nabû has set a name", was king of Babylon,
speculatively ca. 761 – 748 BC (see
below for...
- King Ur-Nammu (seated), the
creator of the Code of Ur-Nammu,
bestows governorship on Ḫašḫamer, ensi of
Iškun-Sin (cylinder seal impression, c. 2100 BC)....
- The
Crimes and
Sacrileges of Nabû-šuma-
iškun: 222 is an
ancient Mesopotamian chronicle extant in a
single late-Babylonian copy from ****enistic Uruk...
- wars
under his
successors Aššur-etil-ilāni (r. 631 – 627 BC) and Sîn-šar-
iškun (r. 627 – 612 BC),
Babylon also
revolted against the ****yrians in 626 BC...
- the Moon
Impression of the
cylinder seal of Ḫašḫamer, ensi (governor) of
Iškun-Sin c. 2100 BCE. The
seated figure is
probably king Ur-Nammu, bestowing...
