Position in chronology
Shalmaneser I 31
Translation — scholar edition
RIAo(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of the world.
Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online — scholar edition (ORACC / MOCCI).
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Why it matters
Royal titulary of Shalmaneser I asserting universal kingship through patrilineal descent from Adad-nārārī I — documenting the dynastic legitimation formula at the height of Middle Assyrian imperial consolidation.
Transliteration
É.GAL / mdsál-ma-nu-MAŠ / MAN KIŠ A 10-ERIM.TÁḪ / MAN KIŠ-ma
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of an Assyrian king, published in the Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online project (RIAo). Translation reproduced from the ORACC edition. ORACC text Q005819.
Attribution
Image: BM 090231 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Assur (mod. Qalat Sherqat) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P427859). source
Translation excerpted from Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005819/.
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