the ledger of connections
The Connections of Ashurbanipal
Assyrian ruler Every person recorded alongside Ashurbanipal in the archive: family, teachers, students, influences, and the contemporaries who shared the same years.
Family & Connections
People recorded alongside Ashurbanipal in the ledgers of the archive.
- Parents
- Esarhaddon, Ešar-ḫamat
- Spouses
- Libbāli-šarrat
- Children
- Aššur-etil-ilāni, Sinsharishkun
- Siblings
- Shamash-shum-ukin, Serua-eterat
Alive in the same years
Records in the archive whose lifetimes overlapped the years 685 BCE to 631 BCE.
Ancient era
Nebuchadnezzar II
642 BCE – 561 BCE
King of Babylon
Ancient era
Thales of Miletus
c. 650 BCE – 548 BCE
Ancient Greek philosopher and mathematician
Ancient era
Sappho
c. 650 BCE – c. 550 BCE
Ancient Greek poet from Lesbos (c. 630-c. 570 BC)
Ancient era
Sennacherib
745 BCE – 681 BCE
King of Assyria
Ancient era
Esarhaddon
c. 800 BCE – 669 BCE
King of Assyria (8th cenutury BCE – 669 BCE)
Ancient era
Naqia
c. 800 BCE – 668 BCE
Queen mother
Ancient era
Taharqa
c. 720 BCE – 664 BCE
Egyptian Pharaoh of the 25th dynasty
Ancient era
Necho II
c. 700 BCE – 595 BCE
2nd Egyptian pharaoh of the 26th dynasty
Ancient era
Cyaxares
c. 700 BCE – 584 BCE
The third and greatest king of the Medes (625–585 BC)
Ancient era
Astyages
c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCE
The fourth and last king of the Medes (585–550 BC)
Ancient era
Harpagus
c. 700 BCE – c. 600 BCE
6th-century BC Median general
Ancient era
Solon
638 BCE – 558 BCE
Athenian legislator