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Tashmetu-sharrat (Akkadian: Tašmētu-šarrat or Tašmētum-šarrat, meaning "Tashmetum is queen") was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as the primary consort of Sennacherib (r. 705–681 BC). Tashmetu-sharrat is mostly known from an inscription by Sennacherib which praises her great beauty and in which the king hopes to spend the rest of his ...
- Tašmetu-šarrat or Tašmētum-šarrat
- Sennacherib
- Before 684 BC?
Tašmētu-šarrat. Tašmētu-šarrat was probably Sennacherib’s second wife. According to Reade, it is likely that she overlapped with Naqī’a and is possibly the mother of Aššur-nadin-šumi.
Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk ( Akkadian: Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk [3] [4] or Ana-Tašmētu-taklak) [5] was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. She is known only from a single fragmentary inscription and it has as of yet not been possible to confidently identify which king was her husband.
- Ana-Tašmētum-taklāk
The chief issue is that Naqiʾa is known to have been associated with Sennacherib before he became king and with Esarhaddon throughout his subsequent reign (681–669), but Sennacherib is known to also have been married to another woman, Tašmētu-šarrat, who is securely attested with the title of queen. [17]
- Before c. 728 BC
- Sennacherib
- After 669 BC
Jan 10, 2020 · Sennacherib was the second king of the Sargonid Dynasty of Assyria, who ruled from 705 B.C. to 681 B.C. His name appears in the ‘Old Testament’ of the ‘Bible.’ He is primarily remembered for his military campaigns in Babylon and Jerusalem.
The kings of Assyria who lived during this period are very well known, but the queens are less so. On these pages is information on the Assyrian queens’ positions, titles and activities during the Neo-Assyrian Period.
Dalley sees Tašmētu-šarrat, Sennacherib’s first wife, as the “Syrian Queen” of Diodorus’ account (“Median Queen” in Josephus), for whom the Hanging Garden was built, when the king dedicated a section of his palace to her.
