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Shammuramat was the wife and queen of the Neo-Assyrian king Shamshi-Adad V (r. 824–811 BC). The surviving source material concerning Shammuramat is relatively limited. In known material from her husband's reign, she is only mentioned in a single eye bead inscribed with her name.
- c. 850 BC
- Adad-nirari III
- c. 798 BC (aged c. 52)
- Shamshi-Adad V
Sep 16, 2014 · Sammu-Ramat (r. 811-806 BCE) was the queen regent of the Assyrian Empire who held the throne for her young son Adad Nirari III (r. 811-783 BCE) until he reached maturity. She is also known as Shammuramat, Sammuramat, and, most notably, as Semiramis, the legendary and semi-divine super-heroine immortalized by later historians.
- Joshua J. Mark
Aug 18, 2014 · Semiramis (Sammuramat) was the wife of Shamshi-Adad V and the mother of his successor, Adad Nirari III. She took the extraordinary step of accompanying her husband on at least one military campaign, and she is prominently mentioned in royal inscriptions.
- Joshua J. Mark
Semiramis, from De Claris Mulieribus (Of Famous Women) by Giovanni Boccaccio, 15th century. Shamshi-Adad V ruled in the 9th century BCE, and his wife was named Shammuramat (in Akkadian). She was a regent after her husband's death for their son Adad-nirari III for several years.
Jun 21, 2022 · Shammuramat is well known for her deeds as queen, but her origins are less clear and even her name is not recognizably Assyrian. Born around 850 BC, it is plausibly suggested that she was a foreigner, perhaps a princess who was introduced at the court of the Assyrian king.
- Bipin Dimri
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Shammuramat , also known as Sammuramat or Shamiram and Semiramis, was a powerful queen of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Beginning her career as the primary consort of the king Shamshi-Adad V , Shammuramat reached an unusually prominent position in the reign of her son Adad-nirari III .
Semiramis, a legendary figure based on the life of Shammuramat, depicted as an armed Amazon in an eighteenth-century Italian illustration