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~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian

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Tukulti-Ninurta I 1006

(obverse, fragmentary) [...]-ba?-ri?-i [...] [... the] great [...] of the land of Aššur [...] [...] and the temple of Sîn and Šamaš [...] [... from] its foundations to [its] parapet [...] (remainder lost)

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Tukulti-Ninurta I 40

[Tukultī-]Ninurta (I), appointee of the god Enlil, [vice-regent of the god Aššur], [son of Shalmaneser (I)], appointee of the god Enlil, [vice-regent of the god Aššur], [son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also appointee of the god] Enlil (and) vice-regent of [the god Aššur]; [...] ... [...] (the remainder is broken)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tukulti-Ninurta I 42

(Fragmentary royal inscription; only line-ends and line-beginnings survive) [... Tukulti-Ninurta (I), vice]-regent of the god Aš[šur ...] [...] ... the land of the Papḫu, the land [...] [... the land Uqu]manu and(?) [...] [...] the one called [by ...] [...] ...(?) the land [...] [...] ... [...] (The remainder of the text is lost.)

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1006

Tukulti-Ninurta I 40

Tukulti-Ninurta I 42

Adad-narari I 47

Ashurnasirpal I 1

Ashurnasirpal I 1001

Aššur-bel-kala 02

Aššur-bel-kala 03

Aššur-bel-kala 04

Aššur-bel-kala 05

Aššur-bel-kala 06

Aššur-bel-kala 07

Aššur-bel-kala 10

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Aššur-bel-kala 2001

Aššur-bel-kala 2002

Aššur-bel-nišešu 1

Aššur-bel-nišešu 1001

Aššur-dan I 1

Aššur-dan I 2001

Aššur-dan II 1

Aššur-dan II 1001

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Aššur-dan II 6

Aššur-nadin-ahhe II 2

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Aššur-narari I 01

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Aššur-narari I 08

Aššur-narari I 09

Aššur-rabi I 1

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1006

Aššur-reša-iši I 04

Aššur-reša-iši I 07

Aššur-reša-iši I 08

Aššur-reša-iši I 09

Aššur-reša-iši I 10

Aššur-reša-iši I 1004