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Shamshi-Adad V (Akkadian: Šamši-Adad) was the King of Assyria from 824 to 811 BC. He was named after the god Adad, who is also known as Hadad.
Shamshi-Adad V (... – ...; fl. IX secolo a.C.) è stato re dell'Assiria dall'824 a.C. all'811 a.C. Figlio e successore di Salmanassar III, fu sposato con Shammuramat (da alcuni identificata con la mitica Semiramide). Alla sua morte gli succedette il figlio Adad-nirari III.
V (823-810 a. C.), che per succedere al padre Salmanassar III dovette sostenere una lotta contro il fratello, segnò una battuta di arresto nella politica espansionistica dell'impero assiro; la perdita dei territorî al di là dell'Eufrate, nonché di Mari, le guerre contro i Medi e gli Urartei, e le lotte intestine indebolirono lo stato.
Sammu-ramat was mentioned by Herodotus, and the later historian Diodorus Siculus elaborated a whole legend about her. According to him, she was born of a goddess, and, after being married to an Assyrian officer, she captivated the king Ninus by her….
4 giorni fa · Introduction. Shamshi-Adad V, who reigned from 824 to 811 B.C.E., was a pivotal figure in the history of the Neo-Assyrian Empire. Named after the god Adad (also known as Hadad), his reign followed that of his father, Shalmaneser III, and was marked by efforts to consolidate the gains of his predecessors and navigate the complexities of Assyrian politics and military challenges.
Limestone stela of Shamshi-Adad V: a round-topped stela of white limestone. The king stands in the gesture of blessing before five divine emblems: (1) the crown of the sky-god Anu, with three horns; (2) the winged disk; (3) the disk and crescent; (4) the fork; (5) the eight-pointed star of Ishtar.
The Stela of Shamshi-Adad V is a large Assyrian monolith erected during the reign of Shamshi-Adad V. The stela was discovered in the mid nineteenth century at the ancient site of Kalhu (now known as Nimrud) by the British archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam.
