Sumerian·Book

Chapter 00 · 2000 – 1700 BCE

Old Assyrian

Aššur the merchant city — the great trade with Anatolia.

~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Erišum I 15

“(1) Erišum (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ilu-šūma, vice-regent of the god Aššur. (7) For his life and the life of his city, he built the temple of the god Adad, (in) its entirety. Moreover, he installed (its) doors.”

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/Q005635/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Erišum I 16

“(1') [For] the god Adad: Erišum (I) made (this).”

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/Q005636/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Erišum I 17

“(1) Eri[šum (I)], vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of [Ilu-š]ūma, vice-regent of the god A[ššur].”

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/Q005637/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Ikunum 1

“(1) Ikūnum, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erišum (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur. (7) Erišum (I) built the temple of the god Adad and made [his] work firm. Ikū[num], his son, finished and ... the temple of the god [Adad]. Moreover, ... (19) (No translation possible)”

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/Q005639/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Ikunum 2

“(1) Ikūnum, vice-regent of the god Aššur, dedicated (this) stone chest to the god Aššur, his lord, the god who is his helper, and Aššur-imittī, his son, took it in(to Aššur’s temple) for his life.”

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/Q005640/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Ikunum 3

“(1) [Ikūnum, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of] E[rišum (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur]. Er[išum (was) the son of Ilu-šūma], vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur], [Ilu-šūma (was) the son of Š]alim-a[ḫum, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], (and) Šalim-a[ḫum (was) the son of Puzur-Aššu]r, vice-regent [of (the god) Aššur]. (8) [Ikūnum, vice]-regent of (the god) Ašš[ur, for his life] and the life [of his city] (11) (No translation possible)”

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/Q005641/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Ikunum 4

“(1) Ikūnum, vice-regent of [the god Aššur],”

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/Q005642/

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~1900 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Ikunum 5add (formerly Šamši-Adad I 03)

“(1′) vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur; (and) Il]u-[šūma] (was) the son of Ša[lim-aḫum, vice-re]gent [of (the god) Aššur]. (5′) Ikūnum, vice[-regent of (the god) Aššur, buil]t the temple of the [goddess Ereškigal, for his life and the life of his city]. Moreover, he depo[sited (his) clay c]one (therein). (11′) (May) a f[uture ruler], when th(at) tem[ple ...] has become dilapida[ted, re]turn my clay co[ne t]o its place.”

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/Q007286/

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