Sennacherib

Sennacherib

male
Monarch of the Hebrew Bible, Śïn-ahhe-eriba, Akkadian, Tanakh monarch, Akkadianlanguage, sin
Sennacherib (in Akkadian "Śïn-ahhe-eriba" "(The moon god) Śïn has Replaced (Lost) Brothers for Me") was the son of Sargon II, whom he succeeded on t...
Hammurabi

Hammurabi

male
Rāpi, ˤAmmu, ˤAmmurāpi, codes of law, Amorite language, civil code…Akkadian, Akkadianlanguage
Hammurabi (Akkadian from Amorite "ˤAmmurāpi", "the kinsman is a healer," from "ˤAmmu", "paternal kinsman," and "Rāpi", "healer"; c. 1810 BCE - 1750...

Belshazzar

male
Monarch of the Hebrew Bible, Medes, Baltasar, Akkadian, Chaldeans, Book of Daniel…Akkadianlanguage
Belshazzar (or "Baltasar"; Akkadian "Bel-sarra-usur") was a prince of Babylon, the son of Nabonidus, the last king of Babylon. In the "Book of...
Simo Parpola

Simo Parpola

male
greek philosophy, university of helsinki, kabbalah, decimal, assyria, epic of gilgamesh…Akkadianlanguage
Simo Parpola is professor of Assyriology at the University of Helsinki located in Helsinki, Finland. He specialized in epigraphy of the Akkadian...

A. Leo Oppenheim

male, deceased (1974)
University of Chicago, Academic, American, cuneiform, University of Vienna, Assyriology…Akkadianlanguage, Akkadian
A(dolph) Leo Oppenheim (7 June 1904 - 21 July 1974), one of the most distinguished Assyriologists of his generation was editor-in-charge of the...
Shalmaneser V

Shalmaneser V

male
king, Ululayu, Shalmaneser, Shulmanu-asharid, King of Assyria, Ten Lost Tribes…Akkadian, Akkadianlanguage
Shalmaneser V (Akkadian: "Shulmanu-asharid") was king of Assyria from 727 to 722 BC. He first appears as governor of Zimirra in Phoenicia in the...

Nebuchadrezzar I

male
monarch, Dynasty of Pashe, Nabu-kudurri-usur, Assurbanipal, Nebuchadnezzar II, Akkadian…Akkadianlanguage
Nebuchadrezzar I, also known as Nebuchadnezzar I (Akkadian: "Nabu-kudurri-usur", meaning "Nebo, protect my eldest son" or "Nebo, protect the...

Puabi

female
Akkadianlanguage, Sumerian language, lit, Sumer, Sumerian ruler, sumerian…Akkadian
Pu-Abi (Akkadian "Lit." "Word of my Father") was an important personage in the Sumerian city of Ur who lived about 2600-2500 BCE, during the First...

Bedřich Hrozný

male, deceased (1952)
hebrew, linguist, Archaeologist, German, ankara, World War I…Aramaic language, Sumerian language, Akkadianlanguage, Akkadian, Ethiopian language
Bedřich Hrozný a German expedition found the archives of the Hittite kings in cuneiform, but in an unknown language. In 1917, Hrozný published a des...

Ashur

male
hebrew bible, hebrew, Tanakh, KJV, Akkadianlanguage, Akkadian
Ashur (Akkadian:), was the second son of Shem, the son of Noah. Ashur's brothers were Elam, Aram, Arpachshad and Lud. The Hebrew text of Gen. 10:11...