Shalmaneser

Shalmaneser (Salmānu-ašarēd) was the name of five kings of Assyria:

  • Shalmaneser I (r.c. 1274–1245 BC)
  • Shalmaneser II (r.1030–1019 BC)
  • Shalmaneser III (r.859–824 BC)
  • Shalmaneser IV (r.783–773 BC)
  • Shalmaneser V (r.727–722 BC), who appears in the Bible as the conqueror of the Kingdom of Israel

It may also refer to:

  • Shalmaneser, an artificial intelligence in John Brunner's 1968 novel Stand on Zanzibar
  • Salmanazar, a wine bottle size measuring 9 litres
  • George Psalmanazar (c. 1679–1763), a Frenchman who posed as a Formosan immigrant
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