The name sounded familiar to me for a different reason, there's a Jungle track, Dillinja's remix of Funki Porcini's King Ashabanapal:
https://youtu.be/FXeMO-Iaa_g
Yes, in fact a lot of names in Morrowind come from those ancient Mesopotamian cultures, mostly the Ashlander and Daedric Shrine names for whatever reason. Just check out this page: https://en.uesp.net/wiki/Morrowind:Daedric_Shrines