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~875 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

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Ashurnasirpal II 044

(All lines fragmentary) [...] ... [...] [...] all the mount[ains ...] [... king of] Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī, [...] [... the] extensive [land of] Urume [...] [... from the city Ba]bitu as far as [...] [...] the fortresses [...] [...] great [...] which(?) [...] [... I re]turned/restored [...] [...] ... [...]

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Ashurnasirpal II 058

[... a]s far as the Sea [...] [...] the temple E-natḫi ... [...] [... Ištar(?), m]y [lady], which Aššur-rabi(?), a prince [who preceded me, had built ...] [... I] delineated [its site], [I reached] its foundation pit [...] [... I com]pleted (it), I made it fitting, I made (it) [splendid ...] [... my monumental inscription] I placed within it [...] [... may (a future ruler) return the ins]cribed monument to [its] pla[ce ...] (traces — the remainder is lost)

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