Position in chronology
Shalmaneser III 109
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria.
Source: 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/Q004714/
Why it matters
Anchors Shalmaneser III's legitimacy in a three-generation paternal line — Tukultī-Ninurta II, Ashurnasirpal II, himself — the dynastic formula Assyrian kings used to assert continuity of divine kingship.
Transliteration
É.GAL mdsál-ma-nu-MAŠ MAN KUR AŠ / A mAŠ-PAP-A MAN KUR AŠ / A mTUKUL-MAŠ MAN KUR AŠ-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 Q004714.
Attribution
Image: BM 090222 (British Museum, London, UK) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P427851). 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/Q004714/.
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