Because it also incorporates the element šarratum ("queen") it might not be her birth name, but rather a name she assumed upon her marriage to Ashurbanipal or when he was designated as crown prince and heir by Esarhaddon.

[13] Šērūʾa-ēṭirat's letter suggested that Libbāli-šarrat may not have been able to read and write at this time, and that shame would be brought on the royal family if she would be unable to do so after becoming queen.

[13] As can be inferred from later documents, Libbāli-šarrat did learn to read and write properly and in time began to share the scholarly and literary interests of her husband, who is famous for assembling the Library of Ashurbanipal.

[15] Beginning under reforms initiated by Sargon II (r. 722–705 BC), the queens of the Sargonid dynasty of Assyrian kings had their own military units sworn directly to them.

[16] Among the military staff of Libbāli-šarrat was the chariot driver Marduk-šarru-uṣur, who distinguished himself in the 652–648 civil war against Ashurbanipal's brother Shamash-shum-ukin.

The royal couple are in the relief raising their cups up in celebration over Ashurbanipal's 653 BC victory over Elam,[17][18] with the head of the Elamite king Teumman hanging from one of the trees.

[22] Noblewomen in Assyria, including queens, regularly made donations to temples and dedications to the gods as a way to garner divine favor and support.

[25] Libbāli-šarrat might have lived for some time after Ashurbanipal's death in 631 BC, as there is a tablet dating to Ashur-etil-ilani's reign referencing the "mother of the king".