Aà ¡à ¡ur-nÃÂrÃÂrë IV, inscribed <sup>m</sup>aà ¡-à ¡ur-<small>ERIM.GABA</small>, "(the god) Aà ¡à ¡ur is my help," was the king of Assyria, the 94th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist, ruling 1019/18âÂÂ1013 BC. His short six-year reign was marked by confusion and a dearth of contemporary inscriptions.
He succeeded his father, SalmÃÂnu-aà ¡arÃÂd II, whose twelve-year reign seems to have ended in confusion, as the last limmu official on his eponym list is missing and recorded as à ¡a ar[ki si...], the eponym âÂÂwhich is afterâ (the previous name). Aà ¡à ¡ur-nÃÂrÃÂrë took the eponymy during his first year but the following year is marked à ¡a <small>EGIR</small> <sup>m</sup>aà ¡-à ¡ur-, âÂÂ(year) after Aà ¡à ¡ur-â¦â and thereafter all the remaining years were recorded with a sequential number and a Winkelhaken to designate âÂÂditto.â It is probable that events were so turbulent during this period that an eponym was not appointed.
The Babylonian king, Ninurta-kudurrá¿Â-uá¹£ur I (987âÂÂ985 BC) is given as his counterpart on the Synchronistic Kinglist but the conventional chronology would suggest it was the earlier monarch, Simbar-à  ipak (1025âÂÂ1008 BC). The later king, Aà ¡à ¡ur-nÃÂá¹£ir-apli II mentions "Sibir, king of Karduniaà ¡" in the context of the capture of the city of Atlila, in his annals, and historians have tentatively identified this individual with Simbar-à  ipak, suggesting he engaged in warfare against Assyria around this time.
His successor was his uncle, Aà ¡à ¡ur-rabi II, a younger son of the earlier king Aà ¡à ¡ur-nÃÂá¹£ir-apli I. The circumstances of the succession are unknown and the Assyrian Kinglist gives no indication that he was overthrown, the usual cause of an uncle to succeed his nephew in the Assyrian monarchy.