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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 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. She is known from an inscription on a votive vase, which merely states her name and position as Sennacherib’s queen (MI 2.E 2.GAL). The existence of an inscription ...
It is notoriously difficult to reconstruct the chronology and number of relationships of Sennacherib; he is known to have had at least two consorts; Tašmētu-šarrat (who is attested as queen for certain around 694 BC) and Naqiʾa, who was the mother of Sennacherib's successor Esarhaddon (born c. 713 BC) and was prominent in his reign ...
- 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
It is believed Sennacherib had married twice, and his two wives were Naqī'ā (or Zakūtu) and Tašmētu-šarrat. Some sources claim that Tašmētu was probably his second wife or was part of a harem that also included Naqī'ā.
Tašmētu-šarrat. Ešarra-hammat. Ana-tašmētum-taklāk. Libbāli-šarrat. the Neo-Assyrian Royal Harem. The Assyrian Queen and The Scorpion. Bibliography of the Assyrian Queens.
The status of women in Neo-Assyrian palaces is well documented, and has been for a long time, through texts and archaeological finds. It reveals that what we could term the Queen’s Household as an institution was a powerful element of the Neo-Assyrian palatial system.
