Ashur-nirari IV

Aššur-nērārī IV, inscribed maš-šur-ERIM.GABA, "(the god) Aššur is my help," was the king of Assyria, the 94th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist, ruling 1019/18–1013 BC. His short six-year reign was marked by confusion, famine, and a dearth of contemporary inscriptions.

Biography Schroeder's line art for the KAV 21 list of Eponyms showing the six years of Aššur-nērārī IV and both his predecessor and successor.

He succeeded his father, Salmānu-ašarēd II, whose twelve-year reign seems to have ended in confusion, as the last limmu official on his eponym list

The Babylonian king, Ninurta-kudurrῑ-uṣur I (987–985 BC) is given as his counterpart on the Synchronistic Kinglist but the conventional chronology would suggest it was the earlier monarch, Simbar-Šipak (1025–1008 BC). The later king, Aššur-nāṣir-apli II mentions "Sibir, king of Karduniaš" in the context of the capture of the city of Atlila, in his annals, and historians have tentatively identified this individual with Simbar-Šipak, suggesting he engaged in warfare against Assyria around this time.

His successor was his uncle, Aššur-rabi II, a younger son of the earlier king Aššur-nāṣir-apli I. The circumstances of the succession are unknown and the Assyrian Kinglist gives no indication that he was overthrown, the usual cause of an uncle to succeed his nephew in the Assyrian monarchy.

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