After this time the Phœnicians begin to throw off the Assyrian yoke, an achievement made easy by Asshurbanapal’s struggle with Shamash-shum-ukin in Babylonia.
Assyria, the rebellion of Samul-sum-ukin against his brother, he undertook to liberate Egypt from the dominion of the Medes, and at the same time to make himself master of Egypt.
The rebellion of Samul-sum-ukin appeared to tear from its lines the whole structure of the Assyrian supremacy.
How long before this Samul-sum-ukin took up arms, we do not know; he may very well have done so in the year 652 B.
But every one must have made up his mind to see new armies marching from the Tigris to the Nile, as soon as the rebellion of Samul-sum-ukin was crushed, and Assurbanipal's hands were free.
Babylonia, Samul-sum-ukin called on his brother for assistance; the Elamites were already encamped before the walls of Babylon.
Samul-sum-ukin also called on the districts on the Euphrates and Tigris to join him.
Shamash-shum-ukin sent messengers in all directions, and they did not work in vain.
These had revolted in the previous year after Shamash-shum-ukin had raised the standard of rebellion in the year 652.
He set his illegitimate son Shamash-shum-ukin over the Babylonian provinces as vice-king, while Asshurbanapal inherited the crown of the Assyrian empire.
Cruel onslaught on Elam for assistance to Shamash-shum-ukin and his allies.
He appoints his son Shamash-shum-ukin viceroy of Babylonia, and another son, Asshurbanapal, receives the throne of Assyria.
They still continued to protest their submission to the Assyrian domination, yet all the time they were conspiring with Shamash-shum-ukin against the king.
The story of the Shamash shum ukin revolt is continued by Cylinder C, a decagon, whose form points to the fact that it is a fuller edition.
The octagon B dates from the midst of the revolt of Shamash shum ukin and is a most highly "corrected" document.
Shamash-shum-ukin pleaded with his royal brother and overlord to restore Bel Merodach to Babylon.
Shamash-shum-ukin precipitated the crisis by forbidding Ashur-bani-pal to make offerings to the gods in the cities of Babylonia.
Babylon welcomed the deity who was thus restored to his temple after the lapse of about a quarter of a century, and the priests celebrated with unconcealed satisfaction and pride the ceremony at which Shamash-shum-ukin "took the hands of Bel".
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "ukin" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
