# Zakutu — WHE Definition Discussion

**URL:** <https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zakutu-whe-definition-discussion/16156>\
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**Created:** [October 5, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zakutu-whe-definition-discussion/16156 "2022-10-05T09:00:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [October 5, 2022, 9:00am UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zakutu-whe-definition-discussion/16156/1 "2022-10-05T09:00:01Z")

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Zakutu (l. c. 728 - c. 668 BCE) was the Akkadian name of Naqi’a, a secondary wife of Sennacherib of Assyria (r. 705-681 BCE). Though she was not Sennacherib's queen, she bore him a son, Esarhaddon, who would succeed him. She may have ruled briefly as queen after Esarhaddon’s death and was grandmother to his successor, Ashurbanipal.

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_This is a companion discussion topic for the original content at [https://www.worldhistory.org/Zakutu/](https://www.worldhistory.org/Zakutu/)._

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**Author:** ![JPryst](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/community.worldhistory.org/jpryst/32/168_2.png) [@JPryst](https://community.worldhistory.org/u/JPryst)\
**Post date:** [July 30, 2026, 4:04pm UTC](https://community.worldhistory.org/t/zakutu-whe-definition-discussion/16156/2 "2026-07-30T16:04:14Z")

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