| List of Assyrian kings | ||
| King name | Reigned | Notes |
| Erishum I | fl. ca. 1800 BC (short) | "son of Ilu-shuma"; contemporary of Samu-la-El of Babylonia; said to have built the temple of Ashur |
| (30 or 40 years) | ||
| Ikunum | (damaged text) | "son of Ilushuma" |
| Sargon I | (damaged text) | "son of Ikunum" |
| Puzur-Ashur II | (damaged text) | "son of Sargon (I)" |
| Naram-Suen | (damaged text) | "son of Puzur-Ashur (II)" |
| Erishum II | (damaged text) | "son of Naram-Suen" |
| Shamshi-Adad I | fl. ca. 1700 BC (short) | "son of (local ruler) Ila-kabkabu, went to Karduniash in the time of Naram-Suen. In the eponymy of Ibni-Adad, Shamshi-Adad went up from Karduniash. He took Ekallatum, where he stayed three years. In the eponymy of Atamar-Ishtar, Shamshi-Adad went up from Ekallatum. He ousted Erishum (II), son of Naram-Suen, from the throne and took it."; He was in turn conquered by Hammurabi of Babylon. |
| (33 years) | ||
| Ishme-Dagan I | (40 years) | "son of Shamshi-Adad (I)" |
| Mut-Ashkur | (unknown) | son of Ishme-Dagan I, married to a Hurrian queen; not included in the standard King List, but attested elswhere[11] |
| Remu... | (unknown) | included in the alternative King List fragment, last part of name lost; not included in the standard King List[11] |
| Asinum | (unknown) | grandson of Shamshi-Adad I, driven out by vice-regent Puzur-Suen because he was of foreign extraction; not included in the standard King List, but attested in Puzur-Suen's inscription[11] |
| Seven usurpers: | (6 years) | "Ashur-dugul, son of a nobody, who had no title to the throne, ruled for 6 years, then dies an killed himself for being assyrian. In the time of Ashur-dugul, son of a nobody, Ashur-apla-idi, Nasir-Suen, Suen-namir, Ipqi-Ishtar, Adad-salulu, and Adasi, six sons of nobodies, ruled at the beginning of his brief reign." |
| Ashur-dugul | ||
| Ashur-apla-idi | ||
| Nasir-Suen | ||
| Suen-namir | ||
| Ipqi-Ishtar | ||
| Adad-salulu | ||
| Adasi | ||
| Bel-bani | (10 years) | "son of Adasi" |
| Libaya | (17 years) | "son of Bel-bani" |
| Sharma-Adad I | (12 years) | "son of Libaya" |
| Iptar-Suen | (12 years) | "son of Sharma-Adad (I)" |
| Bazaya | (28 years) | "son of Iptar-Suen" |
| Lullaya | (6 years) | "son of a nobody" |
| Shu-Ninua | (14 years) | "son of Bazaya" |
| Sharma-Adad II | (3 years) | "son of Shu-Ninua" |
| Erishum III | (13 years) | "son of Shu-Ninua" |
| Shamshi-Adad II | (6 years) | "son of Erishum (III)" |
| Ishme-Dagan II | (16 years) | "son of Shamshi-Adad (II)" |
| Shamshi-Adad III | (16 years) | " son of (another) Ishme-Dagan, brother of Sharma-Adad (II), son of Shu-Ninua" |
| Ashur-nirari I | (26 years) | "son of Ishme-Dagan" |
| Puzur-Ashur III | (24 or 14 years) | "son of Ashur-nirari (I)"; contemporary of Burna-Buriash I of Babylonia[3] |
| Enlil-nasir I | (13 years) | "son of Puzur-Ashur (III)" |
| Nur-ili | (12 years) | "son Enlil-nasir (I)" |
| Ashur-shaduni | (1 month) | "son of Nur-ili" |
| Ashur-rabi I | (damaged text) | "son of Enlil-nasir (I), ousted him (Ashur-shaduni), (and) seized the throne" |
| Ashur-nadin-ahhe I | (damaged text) | "son of Ashur-rabi (I)" |
| Enlil-nasir II | ca. 14201415 BC (short) | "his (Ashur-nadin-ahhe I's) brother, ousted him" |
| Ashur-nirari II | ca. 14141408 BC (short) | "son of Enlil-nasir (II)" |
| Ashur-bel-nisheshu | ca. 14071399 BC (short) | "son of Ashur-nirari (II)" |
| Ashur-rim-nisheshu | ca. 13981391 BC (short) | "son of Ashur-bel-nisheshu" |
| Ashur-nadin-ahhe II | ca. 13901381 BC (short) | "son of Ashur-rim-nisheshu" |
| Eriba-Adad I | ca. 13801353 BC (short) | "son of Ashur-bel-nisheshu" |
| Ashur-uballit I | ca. 13531318 BC (short) | "son of Eriba-Adad (I)" |
| Enlil-nirari | ca. 13171308 BC (short) | "son of Ashur-uballit" |
| Arik-den-ili | ca. 13071296 BC (short) | "son of Enlil-nirari" |
| Adad-nirari I | ca. 12951264 BC (short) | "son of Arik-den-ili" |
| Shalmaneser I | ca. 12631234 BC (short) | "son of Adad-nirari (I)" |
| Tukulti-Ninurta I | ca. 12331197 BC (short) | "son of Shalmaneser (I)" |
| Ashur-nadin-apli | ca. 11961194 BC (short) | "during the lifetime of Tukulti-ninurta (I), Ashur-nadin-apli, his son, seized the throne" |
| Ashur-nirari III | ca. 11931188 BC (short) | "son of Ashur-nadin-apli" |
| Enlil-kudurri-usur | ca. 11871183 BC (short) | "son of Tukulti-Ninurta (I)" |
| Ninurta-apal-Ekur | ca. 11821180 BC (short) | "son of Ila-Hadda, a descendant of Eriba-Adad (I), went to Karduniash. He came up from Karduniash (and) seized the throne." |
| Beginning with Ashur-Dan I, dates are consistent and not subject to middle/short chronology distinctions. | ||
| Ashur-Dan I | ca. 11791133 BC | "son of Ashur-nadin-apli" |
| Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur | ca. 1133 BC | "son of Ashur-dan (I), briefly" |
| Mutakkil-nusku | ca. 1133 BC | "his (Ninurta-tukulti-Ashur's) brother, fought him and took him to Karduniash. Mutakkil-Nusku held the throne briefly, then died." |
| Ashur-resh-ishi I | ca. 11331115 BC | "son of Mutakkil-Nusku" |
| Tiglath-Pileser I | ca. 11151076 BC | "son of Ashur-resh-ishi (I)" |
| Asharid-apal-Ekur | ca. 10761074 BC | "son of Tiglath-pileser (I)" |
| Ashur-bel-kala | ca. 10741056 BC | "son of Tiglath-pileser (I)" |
| Eriba-Adad II | ca. 10561054 BC | "son of Ashur-bel-kala" |
| Shamshi-Adad IV | ca. 10541050 BC | "son of Tiglath-pileser (I), came up from Karduniash. He ousted Eriba-Adad (II), son of Ashur-bel-kala, (and) seized the throne" |
| Ashur-nasir-pal I | ca. 10501031 BC | "son of Shamshi-Adad (IV)" |
| Shalmaneser II | ca. 10311019 BC | "son of Ashur-nasir-pal (I)" |
| Ashur-nirari IV | ca. 10191013 BC | "son of Shalmaneser (II)" |
| Ashur-rabi II | ca. 1013972 BC | "son of Ashur-nasir-pal (I)" |
| Ashur-resh-ishi II | ca. 972967 BC | "son of Ashur-rabi (II)" |
| Tiglath-Pileser II | ca. 967935 BC | "son of Ashur-resh-ishi (II)" |
| Ashur-Dan II | ca. 935912 BC | "son of Tiglath-Pileser (II)" |
| Adad-nirari II | 912891 BC | "son of Ashur-Dan (II)" |
| Tukulti-Ninurta II | 891884 BC | "son of Adad-nirari (II)" |
| Ashur-nasir-pal II | 884859 BC | "son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II)" |
| Shalmaneser III | 859824 BC | "son of Ashur-nasir-pal (II)" |
| Shamshi-Adad V | 824811 BC | "son of Shalmaneser (III)" |
| Shammu-ramat, regent, 811808 BC | ||
| Adad-nirari III | 811783 BC | "son of Shamshi-Adad (V)" |
| Shalmaneser IV | 783773 BC | "son of Adad-nirari (III)" |
| Ashur-Dan III | 773755 BC | "son of Shalmaneser (IV)"; solar eclipse 763 BC[3] |
| Ashur-nirari V | 755745 BC | "son of Adad-nirari (III)" |
| Tiglath-Pileser III | 745727 BC | "son of Ashur-nirari (V)" |
| Shalmaneser V | 727722 BC | "son of Tiglath-Pileser (III)" |
| End of the document known as Assyrian King List; the following kings reigned after the list had been composed. | ||
| Sargon II | 722705 BC | co-regency with Shalmaneser V from 722709 BC |
| Sennacherib | 705681 BC | |
| Esarhaddon | 681669 BC | |
| The dates of the last kings are not certain. | ||
| Ashurbanipal | 669between 631 and 627 BC | |
| Ashur-etil-ilani | ca. 631627 BC | |
| Sin-shumu-lishir | 626 BC | |
| Sin-shar-ishkun | ca. 627612 BC | fall of Nineveh |
| In 612 BC, Nineveh, the Assyrian capital, fell to the Medes and Babylonians; supported by the Egyptians, an Assyrian general continued to rule for a few years from Harran. | ||
| Ashur-uballit II | 612 BCca. 609 BC | Harran defeated by Nabopolassar of Babylonia |