Asherah is identified as the queen consort of the Sumerian god Anu, and Ugaritic ʾEl,[2] the oldest deities of their respective pantheons,[3] as well as Yahweh, the god of Israel and Judah.[4] This role gave her a similarly high rank in the Ugaritic pantheon.[5] Despite her association with Yahweh in extra-biblical sources[citation needed], Deuteronomy 12 has Yahweh commanding the destruction of her shrines so as to maintain purity of his worship.[6] The name Dione, which like ʾElat means 'goddess', is clearly associated with Asherah in the Phoenician History of Sanchuniathon, because the same common epithet (ʾElat) of "the Goddess par excellence" was used to describe her at Ugarit.[7] The Book of Jeremiah, written circa 628 BC, possibly refers to Asherah when it uses the title "queen of heaven"[b] in Jeremiah 7:16–18[8] and Jeremiah 44:17–19, 25.[9]