Sammuramat biography of christopher

Queen of Assyria, either the wife or mother of King Adadnirari III (r. 811–783 bce), who appears from the legends that have grown up around her to have been one of the most remarkable women of the preclassical world. Name variations: (Assyrian) Sammuramat; (Greek) Semiramis or Sémiramis, also Semiramide; (Armenian) Shamiram.

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Pronunciation: sam-mu-RA-mat; semi-RAM-is; Sem-EE-rham-i-day; shah-mi-RAM. Flourished around the 8th century bce; either the wife or mother of King Adadnirari III (r. 811–783 bce).

Queen Sammuramat's name has been preserved in an inscription on the back of a statue of the Babylonian god Nabu which was set up in the great temple at Calah by the Assyrian monarch Adadnirari III (r.

811–783 bce). The inscription reads: "For the life of Adadnirari, king of Assyria, its lord, and for the life of Sammuramat, the lady of the palace and its mistress." And this is all that is known for certain of Sammuramat.

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