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Šērūʾa-ēṭirat (Akkadian: Šērūʾa-ēṭirat or Šeruʾa-eṭirat, meaning "Šerua is the one who saves"), called Saritrah (Demotic: , sꜣrytꜣr) in later Aramaic texts), was an ancient Assyrian princess of the Sargonid dynasty, the eldest daughter of Esarhaddon and the older sister of his son and successor Ashurbanipal.
- (Šērūʾa-ēṭirat or Šeruʾa-eṭirat)
- Madyes (?)
In c. 670 BC, near the end of Esarhaddon's reign, Šērūʾa-ēṭirat wrote a letter to Libbāli-šarrat in which she reprimanded the future queen for not studying and informed her that while Libbāli-šarrat would one day become queen, Šērūʾa-ēṭirat still outranked her as she was the king's daughter.
- Libbāli-šarrat
- Ashurbanipal
- After 631 BC
Serua-eterat (Šeruʾa-eṭirat) – the eldest of Esarhaddon's daughters and the only one known by name, Serua-eterat was older than Ashurbanipal and might have been the eldest of all of Esarhaddon's children. She held a position of importance in Esarhaddon's court and in the later court of Ashurbanipal as attested by numerous inscriptions.
- 681–669 BC
- Naqiʾa
- Sennacherib
- Ešarra-ḫammat, Other wives
A remarkable letter from Šērūʾa-ēṭirat (SAA 16 28), the elder daughter of Esarhad- don, to Libbāli-šarrat, the wife of Assurbanipal, starts with a-bat DUMU.MÍ–LUGAL, “the word of the princess,” without specifying the name of the princess.
This essay examines two major female characters of Aramaic literature, the Babylonian queen in Daniel 5, and Saritrah, the Assyrian princess in the "Revolt of Babylon" on Papyrus Amherst 63 (cols. xviii-xxiii), the Aramaic papyrus written using Demotic Egyptian script.
About: Serua-eterat. About: Serua-eterat. Serua-eterat or Serua-etirat (Akkadian: Šērūʾa-ēṭirat or Šeruʾa-eṭirat, meaning "Šerua is the one who saves"), called Saritrah (Demotic Aramaic: , Srytr) in later Aramaic texts, was an ancient Assyrian princess of the Sargonid dynasty, the eldest daughter of Esarhaddon and the older sister ...
Also perhaps resulting from his mistrust for his male relatives, Esarhaddon's female relatives, such as his mother Naqiʾa and his daughter Šērūʾa-ēṭirat, were allowed to wield considerably more influence and political power during his reign than women had been allowed in any previous period of Assyrian history.
