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Esarhaddon
Esarhaddon | |
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![]() Esarhaddon, closeup from his victory stele, now housed in the Pergamon Museum | |
King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire | |
Reign | 681–669 BC |
Predecessor | Sennacherib |
Successor | Ashurbanipal (Assyria) Shamash-shum-ukin (Babylon) |
Born | c. 713 BC[1] |
Died | 1 November 669 BC[2] (aged c. 44) Harran |
Spouse | Esharra-hammat Other wives |
Issue Among others | Serua-eterat Ashurbanipal Shamash-shum-ukin |
Akkadian | Aššur-aḫa-iddina Aššur-etel-ilani-mukinni[n 1] |
Dynasty | Sargonid dynasty |
Father | Sennacherib |
Mother | Naqi'a |
Esarhaddon, also spelled Essarhaddon,[5] Assarhaddon[6] and Ashurhaddon[7] (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: