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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. From Assur (Ashur), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period, circa 809 BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).
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