Kings of Assyria

This pages lists the Kings of Assyria from earliest times. It is a revised chronology that has been based on three less known solar eclipse records in King Esarhaddon's reign, providing good absolute dates for the years between 911 BCE and 649 BCE.

Table of contents

1 Old Assyrian Period
2 Middle Assyrian Period
3 Neo-Assyrian Period

Old Assyrian Period

Ushpia fl. ca. 2020 BCE

Puzur-Ashur I fl. ca.1975 BCE

Erishum I 1939-1900 BCE

Middle Assyrian Period

Eriba-Adad I (1392-1366 BCE)

Ashur-uballit I (1365-1330 BCE)

Enlil-nirari (1330-1319 BCE)

Arik-den-ili (1319-1308 BCE)

Adad-nirari I (1307-1275 BCE)

Shalmaneser I (1274-1245 BCE)
Tukulti-Ninurta I (1244-1208 BCE)
Ashur-nadin-apli
Ashur-nirari III
Enlil-kudurri-usur
Ninurta-apal-Ekur (1192-1180 BCE)
Ashur-dan I (1179-1134 BCE)
Ashur-resh-ishi I (1133-1116 BCE)
Tiglath-Pileser I (1115-1077 BCE)
Asharid-apal-Ekur (1077-1074 BCE)
Ashur-bel-kala (1074-1057 BCE)
Shamshi-Adad IV (1057-1050 BCE)
Ashurnasirpal I (1050-1032 BCE)
Shalmaneser II (1031-1020 BCE)
Ashur-nirari IV (1020-1016 BCE)
Ashur-rabi II (1016-973 BCE)
Ashur-resh-ishi II (973-967 BCE)
Tiglath-Pileser II (967-935 BCE)
Ashur-dan II (934-912 BCE)

Neo-Assyrian Period

Adad-nirari II (911 - 891 BCE)

Tukulti-Ninurta II (891 - 883 BCE)

Ashurnasirpal II (883 - 859 BCE)

Shalmaneser III (858 - 824 BCE)
Shamshi-Adad V (823 - 811 BCE)
Adad-nirari III (810 - 783 BCE)
- Semiramis, regent, (810 - 805 BCE)
Shalmaneser IV (783 - 772 BCE)
Ashur-Dan III (772 - 755 BCE)
Ashur-nirari V (754 - 745 BCE)
Tiglath-Pileser III (744 - 727 BCE)
Shalmaneser V (727 - 722 BCE)
Sargon II (722 - 705 BCE)
Sennacherib (705 - 681 BCE)
Esarhaddon (681 - 669 BCE)
Ashurbanipal (669 - c.627 BCE)
Ashur-etil-ilani (627 - c.623 BCE)
Sin-shar-ishkun (623 - c.612 BCE)

In 612 BCE, Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, fell to the Medes and Babylonians; an Assyrian general continued to rule for a few years from Harran as

Ashur-uballit II (c.612 - c.609 BCE)

See also: Chronology of Babylonia and Assyria