Aššur-etil-ilāni
Aššur-etil-ilāni, also spelled Ashur-etel-ilani and Ashuretillilani (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: Aššur-etil-ilāni, meaning "Ashur is the lord of the Tree"), was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from the death of his father Ashurbanipal in 631 BC to his own death in 627 BC. Aššur-etil-ilāni is an obscure figure with a brief reign from which few inscriptions survive. Because of this lack of sources, very little concrete information about the king and his reign can be deduced.
| Aššur-etil-ilāni | |
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| King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire | |
| Reign | 631–627 BC |
| Predecessor | Ashurbanipal |
| Successor | Sîn-šar-iškun |
| Died | 627 BC |
| Spouse | Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk (?) |
| Akkadian | Aššur-etil-ilāni |
| Dynasty | Sargonid dynasty |
| Father | Ashurbanipal |
| Mother | Libbāli-šarrat |
It is possible that Aššur-etil-ilāni was a weak ruler as there are no records of the king ever undertaking a military campaign or going on a hunt, activities previous Assyrian kings would famously do very often; this, in turn, may have helped to entice some of Assyria's vassals, such as the Kingdom of Judah, to break free from Assyrian control and begin to act independently. Aššur-etil-ilāni was succeeded by his brother Sîn-šar-iškun under uncertain, though not necessarily violent, circumstances.