Samsi Tag

Wall relief depicting a woman (probably Samsi) leading a group of four camels to the Assyrian king, Tiglath-Pileser III. BM 118901. © The Trustees of the British Museum, CC BY-NC-SA 4.0.

November 14, 2024

Samsi, “Queen of the Arabs”, and Her Fight Against Assyria

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