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Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelled Assur-uballit II and Ashuruballit II (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-uballiṭ, meaning "Ashur has kept alive"), was the final ruler of Assyria, ruling from his predecessor Sîn-šar-iškun's death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC to his own defeat at Harran in 609 BC.
Aššur-uballiṭ or Ashur-uballit was one of two Assyrian kings: Ashur-uballit I or Aššur-uballiṭ I, reigned between 1365 and 1330 BC, was the first king of the Middle Assyrian Empire; Ashur-uballit II or Aššur-uballiṭ II, last king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, succeeding Sin-shar-ishkun (623–612 BC)
history of Mesopotamia. In history of Mesopotamia: Decline of the Assyrian empire. …the founder of the empire, Ashur-uballiṭ II (611–609 bce ). Ashur-uballiṭ had to face both the Babylonians and the Medes. They conquered Harran in 610, without, however, destroying the city completely.
Aššur-uballiṭ II, also spelled Assur-uballit II and Ashuruballit II (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-uballiṭ, meaning "Ashur has kept alive"), was the final ruler of Assyria, ruling from his predecessor Sîn-šar-iškun's death at the Fall of Nineveh in 612 BC to his own defeat at Harran in 609 BC.
Ashur-nadin-ahhe II. Successor. Ashur-uballit I. Issue. Ashur-uballit I. Father. Ashur-bel-nisheshu. Eriba-Adad, inscribed mSU - dIM or mSU - d 10 (" [the god] Adad has replaced"), was king of Assyria from c. 1390 BC to 1364 BC.
Curatorial Interpretation. Provenance. References. Title: Amarna letter: Royal Letter from Ashur-uballit, the king of Assyria, to the king of Egypt. Period: New Kingdom, Amarna Period. Dynasty: Dynasty 18. Reign: reign of Akhenaten. Date: ca. 1353–1336 B.C. Geography: From Egypt; Probably from Middle Egypt, Amarna (Akhetaten) Medium: Clay.
May 22, 2019 · This text states that “Pharaoh Nechoh the king of Egypt came up to the king of Assyria by the river Euphrates”—evidently to help him. “The king of Assyria” to whom Nechoh came may well have been Ashur-uballit II. Their campaign against Haran did not succeed. The Assyrian Empire had ended.
