Editing Tiglath-Pileser III (section)

== Family and succession ==
[[File:Funerary stone tablet of the Assyrian Queen Yaba, wife of King Tiglath-pileser III. From Nimrud, Iraq. Iraq Museum.jpg|thumb|A funerary stone tablet of [[Iaba, Banitu and Atalia|Iaba]], Tiglath-Pileser's queen, from Nimrud]]
Tiglath-Pileser's queen was named [[Iaba, Banitu and Atalia|Iaba]] (''Iabâ''), a name clearly not of Akkadian origin.{{sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=393}} Possible roots and etymologies of the name include ''yph'' ("beautiful"), ''nby'' ("to name") and ''yhb'' ("to give");{{sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=393}} Iaba might have been of Arab{{sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=393}} or [[West Semitic languages|West Semitic]] (Levantine{{Sfn|Collon|2010|p=149}} or [[Arameans|Aramean]]) descent.{{sfn|Kertai|2013|p=114}} In 1998, [[Stephanie Dalley]] proposed that Iaba was of [[Hebrew language|Hebrew]] origin{{sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=393}} and speculated that she might have been a princess from the Kingdom of Judah.{{Sfn|Lawson Younger|2002|p=207}} She based this argument on the name [[Iaba, Banitu and Atalia|Atalia]], a later queen speculated to have been related to Iaba, being similar to the name [[Athaliah]], borne by a Judean queen who ruled about a century earlier, and that the ending of the name Atalia (''i-a'' or ''ia-a'') could represent a [[Theophoric name|theophoric]] element deriving from [[Yahweh]]. Dalley's arguments have met with both support and opposition. The idea that the names Iaba and Atalia were Hebrew has also been independently forwarded by [[Simo Parpola]].{{sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=393}} 

In 2002, K. Lawson Younger pointed out that it was far from certain that ''i-a'' or ''ia-a'' actually corresponded to Yahweh since there are few analogues in other Neo-Assyrian names and inscriptions.{{Sfn|Lawson Younger|2002|p=|pp=217–218}} The identification of Atalia as a Hebrew name was also doubted by [[Nicholas Postgate (academic)|Nicholas Postgate]] in 2008, and in that year Ran Zadok alternatively suggested that Atalia was an Arabic name.{{sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=393}} Iaba's tomb was discovered at Nimrud in 1989.''{{Sfn|Damerji|2008|p=81}}''

Tiglath-Pileser is believed to have died peacefully of old age. He was succeeded by his son [[Shalmaneser V]].{{Sfn|Radner|2012}} In Tiglath-Pileser's reign, Shalmaneser was known by his birth name Ululayu, "Shalmaneser" being a regnal name he assumed upon his accession to the throne in 727. Shalmaneser likely participated in some of his father's campaigns and several letters are known from him to his father, many of them reports on the status of the lands he governed.{{Sfn|Yamada|Yamada|2017|p=|pp=397–400}} Shalmaneser was replaced as king after only a few years by [[Sargon II]], probably through being deposed and assassinated. Though Assyrian king lists connected Sargon to previous kings through claiming that he was the son of Tiglath-Pileser, this claim does not appear in most of his inscriptions, which instead stress that he was called upon and appointed as king by Ashur.'''{{Sfn|Parker|2011|pp=365–367}}''' 

Many historians accept Sargon's claim to have been a son of Tiglath-Pileser, but do not believe him to have been the legitimate heir to the throne as the next-in-line after the end of Shalmaneser's reign, i.e. assuming Shalmaneser had children.{{Sfn|Cogan|2017|p=154}} Even then, his claim to have been Tiglath-Pileser's son is generally treated with more caution than Tiglath-Pileser's own claims of royal ancestry.{{Sfn|Chen|2020|p=201}} Some Assyriologists, such as J. A. Brinkman, believe that Sargon, at the very least, did not belong to the direct dynastic lineage.{{Sfn|Garelli|1991|p=46}} If Tiglath-Pileser was Sargon's father, he also had a third son, [[Sin-ahu-usur]]. Sin-ahu-usur is attested as the younger brother of Sargon, in 714 granted the command of Sargon's royal cavalry guard.{{Sfn|Elayi|2017|p=28}}