Ruler · 701 – 627 BCE

Sîn-šumu-līšir

Lived 701 – 627 BCE. King of Assyria (Assyria), 627 BCE – 626 BCE; also in the line of Babylon, Babylonia and Neo-Assyrian Empire.

Wikidata's English label: Sin-shumu-lishir.

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Lived: 701 BCE – 627 BCE; 74 years
In office: 1 year; one reign
Lines: 4; states
Left it: dates disagree; read off the dates alone

King of Assyria

Assyria · the 70th of 72 dated reigns · 2026 BCE – 609 BCE

66 before

Ashurbanipal669 BCE – 631 BCE

Kandalanu647 BCE – 627 BCE

Aššur-etil-ilāni631 BCE – 627 BCE

Sîn-šumu-līšir627 BCE – 626 BCE

Sîn-šar-iškun627 BCE – 612 BCE

Ashur-uballit II612 BCE – 609 BCE

killed, executed or dead in battledeposed, abdicated, exiled or removeddied in officeleft alive by a regular roadending not on recorda second row: a reign that began before the last had ended — rival claimants, or a shared thronethis entry

Reigned 627 BCE – 626 BCE · 1 year · came to it aged 74

Left it: dates disagreeread off the dates alone: the term ends in 626 BCE, after the death recorded in 627 BCE

Also in the line of Babylon (31st of 37), Babylonia (31st of 37, read from the line of Babylon) and Neo-Assyrian Empire (20th of 21).

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