His Assyrian contemporaries were probably Salmānu-ašarēdu IV (783 - 773 BC) and/or Ashur-dan III (773 - 755 BC) and the latter one is known to have campaigned in northern Babylonia on three occasions: 771 BC (against Gannanāti), 770 BC (against Marad) and 767 BC (against Gannanāti again).
Originally Sidonian, the town passed to the Tyrians after the invasion of Shalmaneser IV, 722 BCE.
According to the eponym canon, he led several campaigns against Urartu.
Shalmaneser III | Shalmaneser | Shalmaneser IV | Shalmaneser V | Shalmaneser II | Shalmaneser I | Shalmaneser V from ''Guillaume Rouillé |