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Shamshi-Adad IV

king of Assyria

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rule of Assyria

In Ashurnasirpal I
His father, Shamshi-Adad IV, a son of Tiglath-pileser I, was placed on the throne of Assyria by the Babylonian king Adad-apal-iddina. The few inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal I that survive reflect the unhappy situation in Assyria during his reign.
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