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~715 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

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Sargon II 105

(i' 1') [... who ... opened up innumerable distant mountainous areas whose pass(es)] are difficult [and visited their remotest region(s); who traversed inaccessible, diffic]ult [paths in terrifying location(s) (and) cross]ed [every swamp]; (i' 5'b) [(who) ruled from the land Rāši on the border of the land El]am, [the Puqudu (and) Damūnu (tribes), the cities Dūr-Kurigalzu (and) Rāp]iqu, [the entire desert as far as the Brook of Egypt, the wid]e [land Amurru, (and) the land Ḫatti (Syria) in its entirety; who]se [grea]t hand [conquered (the area) from the land Ḫaš]mar [to the land Ṣibar — which…

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~715 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 2

Sargon II 106

Not preserved (ii 1') [...] ... [...] (ii 2') [...] for water [...] (ii 3') [...] they made his/its [...] scarce (ii 4') [...] the neighborhood of his city (ii 5') [... fo]r horses to show their mettle (ii 6') [...] ... (ii 7') [... a] major [defeat on th]em (ii 8') [(...) they blo]cked up the river [with their corpses]. (ii 9') They burned [...], (turning them) into [ash]es, established [devastation in the land] Hamath, a[nd ...]. They brought him (Ilu/Iaū-biʾdī), together with [his] family, [int]o my city Aššur. (ii 13') [Because the god Aššur who goes] at my side cont[inually an]swered…

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SAA 17 083. Pardoning the Offences of Borsippa (ABL 1076)

SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)

Enlil-naṣir I 1

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