Naqiʾa
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Naqiʾa must have been married to Sennacherib before he became king since she gave birth to his son Esarhaddon c. 713. Whether she ever held the position of queen is debated; Assyrian kings had multipl
Relief depicting Naqiʾa (left) and her son Esarhaddon (right)
Cuneiform tablet from Nineveh containing a copy of the Zakutu Treaty
Sennacherib
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Sennacherib was the king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 705 BC until his assassination in 681 BC. The second king of the Sargonid dynasty, Sennacherib is one of the most famous Assyrian kings for the
Naqiʾa
…Naqiʾa or Naqia (Akkadian: Naqīʾa, also known as Zakūtu (), was a wife of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (r. 705–681 BC) and the mother of his son and successor Esarhaddon (r. 681–669). Naqiʾa is the best documented woman in the history of the Neo-Assyrian…
Cast of a rock relief of Sennacherib from the foot of Mount Judi, near Cizre
Bas-relief depicting Sargon II, Sennacherib's father and predecessor
Sennacherib's father Sargon II (left) facing a high-ranking official, possibly his crown prince Sennacherib
Depiction of Sennacherib's arch-enemy Marduk-apla-iddina II (left), king of Babylon 722–710 BC and 704/703–703 BC and the instigator of many of Sennacherib's later conflicts