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Tashmetu-sharrat ( Akkadian: Tašmētu-šarrat or Tašmētum-šarrat, [3] meaning " Tashmetum is queen") [4] was a queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as the primary consort [b] 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 ...
- Tašmetu-šarrat or Tašmētum-šarrat
- Sennacherib
- Before 684 BC?
Though Tashmetu-sharrat was the primary consort for longer, Naqi'a is more well-known today for her role during Esarhaddon's reign. When she became one of Sennacherib's wives, she took the Akkadian name Zakûtu (Naqi'a being an Aramaic name). Having two names could point to Naqi'a being born outside Assyria proper—possibly in Babylonia or in ...
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The theonym Tashmetum has Akkadian origin. It is derived from the root šemû, "to hear". The translations "hearing" and "reconciliation" have been suggested, though neither is certain, as the term is not attested as an abstract noun, only as a theonym and personal name. Zachary Rubin proposes translating it as "she hears" instead. Franscesco Pomponi...
Tashmetum's character is poorly known. A prayer from the reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I (tablet KAR 128) refers to her as the "lamassu of the land", in this context a designation of a minor protective deity. She is also attested in an intercessory role, though this was a standard function of all goddesses regarded as spouses of major gods in Mesopotami...
Tashmetum was regarded as the spouse of Nabu, as already attested in sources from the Old Babylonian period. Zachary Rubin argues they first came to be associated with each other in the eighteenth century BCE, possibly due to the respective meanings of their names, with Nabu's derived from nabû, "to call", and Tashmetum's from šemû, "to hear". The ...
According to Joan Goodnick Westenholz Tashmetum originated in Assyria in the Old Assyrian period. She was already worshiped in this area in the nineteenth century BCE, as evidenced by references to her enshrinement in the cellas of Ashur and Ištar-Aššurītu and to personal devotion to her among Assyrians. A letter found in Kanesh mentions a votive g...
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1. Acker Grueske, Alison; Oshima, Takayoshi M. (2021). "She Walks in Beauty: an Iconographic Study of the Goddess in a Nimbus". In van Dijk-Coombes, Renate M.; Swanepoel, Liani C.; Kotzé, Gideon (eds.). From Stone Age to Stellenbosch: studies on the ancient Near East in honour of Izak (Sakkie) Cornelius. Münster: Zaphon. ISBN 978-3-96327-151-9. 2. Asher-Greve, Julia M.; Westenholz, Joan G. (2013). Goddesses in Context: On Divine Powers, Roles, Relationships and Gender in Mesopotamian Textual...
Oct 12, 2022 · She was a 'palace woman', a secondary wife of Sennacherib (r. 705-681 BCE), who somehow managed to have her son Esarhaddon (r. 681-669 BCE) named as his successor even though he was the youngest of at least eleven sons, many of them born of Sennacherib's queen, Tashmetu-sharrat (d. c. 684/681 BCE).
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Oct 5, 2022 · Zakutu/Naqia. Jastrow (Public Domain) Zakutu (l. c. 728 - c. 668 BCE) was the Akkadian name of Naqi’a, a secondary wife of Sennacherib of Assyria (r. 705-681 BCE). Though she was not Sennacherib's queen, she bore him a son, Esarhaddon, who would succeed him. She may have ruled briefly as queen after Esarhaddon’s death and was grandmother to ...
- Joshua J. Mark
Jul 8, 2014 · Esarhaddon (r. 681-669 BCE) was the third king of the Sargonid Dynasty of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. He was the youngest son of King Sennacherib (r. 705-681 BCE), and his mother was not the queen but a secondary wife, Zakutu (also known as Naqi'a-Zakutu, l.c. 728 - c. 668 BCE). He is best known for rebuilding Babylon which was destroyed by ...
May 29, 2018 · Sennacherib (d.681 bc) King of Assyria (704–681 bc). Son and successor of Sargon, he led expeditions to subdue Phoenicia and Palestine in 701 bc, and defeated the Elamite-Chaldean alliance in 691 bc. He destroyed Babylon in 689 bc and, with the peace of his empire thus assured, devoted himself to rebuilding his capital, Nineveh.
