Ashur-nirari IV

Aššur-nērārī IV, inscribed maš-šur-ERIM.GABA, "(the god) Aššur is my help,"[1] was the king of Assyria, the 94th to appear on the Assyrian Kinglist,[i 1][i 2] ruling 1019/18–1013 BC.

His short six-year reign was marked by confusion and a dearth of contemporary inscriptions.

He succeeded his father, Salmānu-ašarēd II, whose twelve-year reign seems to have ended in confusion, as the last limmu official on his eponym list[i 3] is missing and recorded as ša ar[ki si...], the eponym ‘which is after’ (the previous name).

The later king, Aššur-nāṣir-apli II mentions "Sibir, king of Karduniaš" in the context of the capture of the city of Atlila, in his annals, and historians have tentatively identified this individual with Simbar-Šipak, suggesting he engaged in warfare against Assyria around this time.

[3] His successor was his uncle, Aššur-rabi II, a younger son of the earlier king Aššur-nāṣir-apli I.