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Esarhaddon

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Esarhaddon
Detail. Sam'al stele of Esarhaddon, 671 BCE, Pergamon Museum.jpg
Esarhaddon, closeup from his victory stele, now housed in the Pergamon Museum
King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire
Reign681–669 BC
PredecessorSennacherib
SuccessorAshurbanipal
(Assyria)
Shamash-shum-ukin
(Babylon)
Bornc. 713 BC[1]
Died1 November 669 BC[2]
(aged c. 44)
Harran
SpouseEsharra-hammat
Other wives
Issue
Among
others
Serua-eterat
Ashurbanipal
Shamash-shum-ukin
AkkadianAššur-aḫa-iddina
Aššur-etel-ilani-mukinni[n 1]
DynastySargonid dynasty
FatherSennacherib
MotherNaqi'a

Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon,[5] Assarhaddon[6] and Ashurhaddon[7] (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: