Nineveh

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an ancient Assyrian city on the Tigris across from the modern city of Mosul in the northern part of what is now known as Iraq

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given a very believable performance by baritone Zurab Ninua.
Table 1: Neo-Assyrian MI.E.GAL WOMAN KING CHILD Mulissu-mukannisat- Ashurnasirpal II None known Ninua and Shalmaneser III Sammu-ramat Samsi-Adad V Adad-nirari III Jaba Tiglath-pileser III None known Baniti Shalmaneser V None known Atalia Sargon II None known Tasmetum-sarrat Sennacherib None known Naqia Sennacherib Esarhaddon, perhaps Shadditu Esarra-hamat Esarhaddon Probably Ashurbanipal; perhaps Samas-sum-ukin Libali-sarrat Ashurbanipal Uncertain WOMAN STATUS IN TEXTS Mulissu-mukannisat- Possibly consort of one king; not consort of both Ninua Sammu-ramat Only appears as queen mother Jaba Possibly consort Baniti Possibly = Jaba; not consort of Shalmaneser?