Stela of Queen Sammu-Ramat

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Stela of Queen Sammu-Ramat from Assur (Ashur), northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 809 BCE.

The cuneiform inscriptions on the upper part of the stela say that Sammu-ramat (or Shammuramat) is the wife (and palace women) of Shamshi-Adad V, king of all, king of Ashur; the mother of Adad-Nirari III, king of all, king of Ashur; and the daughter in law of Shalmaneser III, king of the four corners of the world.

The Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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