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Sin-shumu-lishir

King of Assyria

  • Fame50.7
  • Momentum0.0
  • Wikipedia850
Source-basedFalling
Lived -700–-627, aged 73
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  • Era
    -700–-627
    Aged 73
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Updated 2026-07-17

Sîn-šumu-līšir or Sîn-šumu-lēšir, also spelled Sin-shum-lishir, was a usurper king in the Neo-Assyrian Empire, ruling some cities in northern Babylonia for three months in 626 BC during a revolt against the rule of the king Sîn-šar-iškun. He was the only eunuch to ever claim the throne of Assyria.

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