The ' Black Obelisk ' of Shalmaneser II. Salmānu-ašarēd II, inscribed mdSILIM-ma-nu-MAŠ/SAG, meaning "(the god) Salmānu is foremost," was the king of Assyria 1030–1019 BC, the 93rd to appear on the Khorsabad copy of the Assyrian Kinglist, From the book ' Myths and legends of Babylonia & Assyria ' by Lewis Spence, Published London : Harrap 1916

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