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Addresses Aššur as 'the Assyrian Enlil' whose judgment is absolute and whose oath cannot be broken — anchoring Sargon II's royal authority directly in cosmic law rather than mere military conquest.
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Dedicatory inscription to Anunītu, a martial aspect of Ištar, attesting Sargon II's cultivation of this relatively rare goddess as a personal divine patron during his reign.
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Attests Sargon II's campaigns against the Chaldean tribes of the southern marshes, situating Assyrian royal ideology — conquest legitimized by divine favor — within a rare coastal-frontier context.
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Documents Sargon II renovating a Nabû-and-Marduk temple at a northern gate, citing a 75-year structural failure since Adad-nārārī III's repair — concrete evidence of Assyrian kings invoking building history to legitimise their own piety.
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Sargon II dedicates a temple to Nabû and Marduk — Babylonian gods — listing five explicit royal goals, evidence that Assyrian kings cultivated Babylonian divine patronage to legitimize rule over the south.
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Attests Sargon II's construction of a Nabû temple at Nineveh, anchoring the scribal god's cult within the city a generation before Nineveh became Assyria's imperial capital.
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Preserves fragmentary benedictions from a Sargon II royal inscription — a temple renovation dedication with curses against future desecrators and prayers for dynastic continuity, attesting the formulaic ideology binding Assyrian kingship to divine favour.
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One of Sargon II's royal inscriptions attesting Assyrian military activity near Qarqar — a site already famous as the battlefield of 853 BCE — extending the documentary record of Assyrian westward campaigns in the late eighth century.
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Stamps royal ownership in the formulaic idiom of Sargonid self-presentation — 'king of the world, king of Assyria' — one of the titulary witnesses that collectively map how Sargon II projected authority across his empire.
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Records Sargon II's restoration of Imgur-Enlil, Babylon's great circuit wall, casting an Assyrian conqueror as pious benefactor of Marduk's city — a calculated legitimation strategy after his seizure of Babylonia in 710 BCE.
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(Beginning destroyed) (3) [As to what you w]rote: "[I will send my] rab-mūgi officer [to you]; speak [kindly] with the (king) of Arpad, and [let] your 'third man' [......]", (6) I adjure you by Aššur and my gods: you are not to send your [rab-mūg]i officer to me [under any circumstances! ...... (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) ... wrote to] you: "The wife of [the] Treasurer and [her] daughters should go [to] Assyria"; (4) you wrote the sealed royal order and dispatched it to Bel- duri, (but when) I sent my me[ssenger] to Damascus, [he] gave [him the wife] only. (9) I have written to [... abo]ut the daughters whom he he[ld back ... (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) ...] stay [in ......]. Now he has do[ne the work (incumbent) up]on you plus the work ass[ignment that was ... to] your [...]; [your servants tra]ded [the work ass]ignment with 21 [...] and shirked doing the work. (7) [You wrote me] that in addition to the 500 [logs of ...] and the 500 of [..., another ...] have been piled up on the river bank. [That's exactly] why the governor of Til-Barsip did [...]! I (gave the order): "These [should g]o to [...] Aššur-šarru-uṣur plus the [...] who are with him, and [...] the l[ogs into ...] of 40 (pieces) each." To no avail; [they…
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(1) The king's word to Ašipâ: As to these Nabateans about whom you wrote, they are at your disposal.
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(1) [The ki]ng's word to Ašipâ: I am [we]ll, you can be glad. (2) [The day] you see [thi]s letter, [...] Nabû-šeziban[ni ......] is surrounding [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed or too broken for translation) (3) [But shou]ld you say: "Let [the king, my lord] give [my gods] back to me [......!]" (then) quickly [gather and send me] information (and) [I will] soon [gi]ve your gods back to you. (7) [...] the city of Muṣa[ṣir]; stay there! The seiz[ing ...] of your gods [......] this [...] of mine [......]. Why [would] you not [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(Obverse almost entirely destroyed) (12) As to what you [wrote to me: "[...... (13) def[eat ...... (14) As to what you wr[ote to me: "...... (15) to a ša-šēpi guardsman [...... (16) (Break) (19) [......] why [...... (20) [did] you [lay] hands on Mannaean territory [......? (21) [...] this favor [...... (22) [which ...] have done [...... (23) (Break) (b.e. 25) [As to ... what y]ou said: "I [...... (b.e. 26) [......] of the Mannaeans [...... (r 1) Is [there] a servant who does not [...] about [......? (Three lines erased) (r 5) [As to] this governor of yours about whom you wrote: "[......]" —…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) ... the city of A]rpad [......]. (2) Now, [let] Ullusunu [be] on guard for hi[mself ...]; and the letter [......] which I sent to you [......] within [...... (Break) (r 2) I said: "Ull[usunu ...... (Rest destroyed)
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(1) The king's word to Nabu-duru-uṣur: (2) Right now I am sending the royal bodyguard Mannu-ki-Aššur to those Urarṭian emissaries: he will bring them to Urzuhina in advance of these captives who are eating bread in your charge. (8) As for you, the day you see this letter, summon these captives; they should be on the alert, standing by, and the day Mannu-ki-Aššur the bodyguard writes to you: "The emissaries have arrived in Urzuhina, set the captives in motion," assemble the captives, go to Urzuhina, and entrust them [...] to the the [city-over]seer of Urzuhina. (r 1) [I am also sending]…
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(1) The king's word to Mannu-ki-Adad: (2) 1,119 able-bodied men — all together they were 5,000 persons, those of them who have died have died, and those who are alive are alive — were given to the exempts of the Palace and entrusted as charges to your care. So why are you appropriating them, turning some to recruits, others to chariot-men, and others again to cavalrymen, into your own regular troops? (13) Have you not said to yourself: "When the time comes for me to summon them, to whose house shall I go for help?" (18) I am writing to you right now: You have sent many of them to the south and…
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) "He is talking about [...] uprooting my father's house." [This] Bel-nuri cannot be trusted in what he says [...]; yet you lifted him and put him around your neck like a seal. For this very reason I relieved him of his office as major-domo, removed him and let you settle him in his house in the center of Arrapha. (9) What he did was perpetually slander Arrapheans in your presence and keep putting inhabitants of Arrapha to the sword. I consequently removed him from Arrapha and appointed him in Lubda. The same things again; he did not change his ways. (r 3) Bel-nuri is…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) "[......] their [......]; come wi[th your troops and encamp in the pass] of Ura[mmu]." (5) [I am writing to you] right now: this suggestion, the [way he put it], is extremely good. You [know] that this pass [leading to] Urammu is [ver]y difficult [to march through]; there is absolutely no way the Elamite [troops] will be able to get at you. Don't be afraid; at the city of Urammu where you are to pitch the camp [there is] a plain which is [very] good for encamping; it is also [very] good for reconnaissance expeditions, there is [much] grass there, and it is a [good]…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) Do not neglect your guard; [you] must be intensely [on your guard]! Yet there is no [......], and you [need not] worry about him! Let the scholar[s] tell [the oracles] to you, whether [good or bad]; Aššur and my gods [will go before you]! A bone in [......]. (8) Perhaps the scholar [ ......] as far as the city of Marubi[štu ......]. (10) Aššur-reš-iši the royal bodyguard [has met with the dignitaries] of Bit-Barru; they dined together, and he [...] [emptied] a cup in the presence of Ki[babaše]. He relates: "[......]; when at my side [......] confusion like [......]…
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(Beginning destroyed) (3) [... Gam]bulu [......] tribu[te ...... you will re]turn [......] your [......] you did not send [the ... o]f this land [to me]. (9) I am writing to you right [now]: do not [...... t]o the people, but take your [tribut]e and come to me! [I am going to w]rite ... [about the tr]ibute of Ellipi, [they too will bring] their tribute. (14) As to Humbê [of Bit-Zualza, what I wrote in] my previous [letter ...... (Rest destroyed)
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(Obverse almost totally destroyed) (r 1) "[If] you write, we shall leave [PN] as city ruler in [...]." (r 3) [I am writing to you] right now: when you appoint Ašpabara [......], and Lutû [..., ...] their people; nobody should make [......]! As long as th[ey] live, [......] brought to them [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [......] befor[e ...] (2) [......] no [...] (3) [......] still [...] (4) [......] will see, hither [...] (5) [Has the messeng]er of the Elamite [......? Have they written] to you [about ma]king [......] Lutû [...? Have they sen]t to you any [......]? (Rest too broken for translation)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) [...... is g]ood fo[r ...... ...... has] returned [here]; as for you, s[tand by]. Kunâ has [...] all their [tr]oops. (4) I am writing to Šarru-emuranni right [now]. He is going to mobilize and bring here all the conscripts of Dur-Ladini, Dur-Bilihai and Larak including those of Bit-Awukani. As soon as they have arrived here, Šarru-emuranni too will return here, and you are to set out together with all these king's men [... and ...] to the village [......] your [...], straw [......] including [......] at their disposal [...... (Break) (r 1) ......the] men [of ......…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) hi[ther ......] (2) the Puqu[dean ......] (3) and because of [......] (4) Now he is in the city of [......] at your disposal. (6) I am wr[iting to you] right [now: the day you] see this [letter of mine, go and tell] these words [to ...]. He should set out and go [to ...] in accordance with the report, [and tell him]: "I have re[ceived] the following royal order: '[......] have set [......" (Break) (r 2) "[......] which [......] have robbed [......]; now if [......] has been made, [......]; and if t[hese] servants [......], why [should] I [......]? You w[rote that ....…
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) oxen, sh[eep and ......] (3) on my side [......] (4) living there [......] (5) in your district [......] (6) "Should it be the wish of [......] (7) to bring [......], (8) let [me send] troops [......], (9) all their days [......]." (10) Th[ese] troops of yours (r 1) which [......] on my side (r 2) oxen, sheep and [......], (r 3) should have collected [......] (r 4) and brought to me [......] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) ...] your [...], [enqui]re and investigate, [and write down] and dispatch to me [the names] of the [sol]diers killed and their [sons and d]aughters. Perhaps there is a man who has subjugated a widow as his slave girl, or has subjugated a son or a daughter to servitude. Enquire and investigate, and bring (him/them) forth. (11) Perhaps there is a son who has gone into conscription in place of his father; this alone do not write down. But be sure to enquire and find out all the widows, write them down, define (their status) and send them to me. (r 6) [Tomorr]ow or the da…
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(1) [To ..., to] ..[..., to] ..[..., to] Reman[ni-...] and to [...]: a royal order of [great urgency]. (7) Get together your prefects plus the h[orses] of your cavalry collection points immediately! Whoever is late will be impaled in the middle of his house, (r 1) and who(ever) changes the [... of] the city will also be impaled in the middle of his house, and his sons and daughters will be slaughtered by his (own) order. (r 8) Don't delay; leave your business and come straight away! (SPACER)
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) [...]-naṣir is dead; the [...] of the city of ... have fled [...] and are (now) [li]ving at Balṭi-iqbi's. (7) Let them make it [...] perfectly clear to Balṭi-iqbi that he should immediately bring forth the [slave]s, give them to his son, and come straight away to me! (SPACER)
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(Beginning destroyed) (4) "The recipients of iškāru assignments should immediately come up here and enter the city of [...] after Zabbua, quickly! The [...] should likewise ... and come up. Let them make it clear to the mayor and the city overseer that they have to bring forth the ... and the recipients of iškāru assignments [... (Break) (r 6) ...] after [...]; "Come, enter [...] and go straight to [...], (then) come [...]." As to [... (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [The king's wor]d to the 100 b[rick-masons]: (2) Now t[hat] you have finished [the work] in Dur-Šarruk[en], [...] the bull col[ossi ...] upon you. Just as you have been [...], this [......] the exempts ]......] the king'[s ...]. (16) Come and stand by for the [...] of Assyria, and let the chief [...], the postmen and the workers [take] care of the rest [of the ...]. (r 5) As to [... about whom you wrote to me]: "[They should order ...] to do the rest [...] delayed [...]; the exempts [...] should take up [......]. If not [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) ......] must be at hand and [...! Should even one day pass by, y]ou will die! (3) I am writing to you right [now]: [as long as] I am here, [...] quickly [and ...] bales of straw [...... in your] hands [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To] the king, my lord: [your servant] Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! [Assyri]a is well, [the temp]les are well, all [the king's forts] are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (8) They are working on [the fort in Kumme; their] work [... is mak]ing [good progress]. A messen[ger of Ariye] has come [into] m[y presence] (with the following message): (11) "[The (ruler) of Ukku has written to] the Urarṭian king [that the govern]ors of the king of Assyria are building [a fort in Kumme], and the Urarṭian king has [give]n his governors (the following) order: 'Take your…
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(Break) (1) "[...... I have] appointed your [major]-domo in [my] palace." (2) [Thi]s was the report of Aššur-reṣuwa. [Šulmu]-Bel, the deputy of the Palace Herald came into my presence (with the following report): (4) "Urzana has written to me: 'The troops of the Urarṭian king have been defeated on his expedition against the Cimmerians. The governor of Waisi has been killed; we do not have detailed information yet, but as soon as we have it, we will send you a full report.' (r 3) "[Further: The] cavalrymen [under the command of Šar]ru-lu-dari have disappeared and are on the run in Urarṭu. [The…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (8) The Ukkaean has sent me (this message): "The troops of the Urarṭian king have been utterly defeated on his expedition against the Cimmerians; eleven of his governors have been eliminated [with] their troops; his commander-in-chief and two of his governors [have been taken prisoners]. He (himself) came to take [the road to ......] came [...... the pr]efects of his country [......] stationed [in…
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(1) To the king, my lord: [your servant Sin]-ahhe-riba. [Good health to] the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (8) The emissaries of Commagene have come, bringing tribute and with it seven teams of mules. The tribute and the mules are entrusted in the Commagenean embassy, and the emissaries too are there, eating their own bread. (15) Should they (the tribute and the mules) be picked up and brought to Babylon, or can they be received here? Let them immediately write me what the king my lord commands. (19)…
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good] health [to the king, my lord! Assyria is w]ell, the temples are well, all the king's forts are well. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (8) Two talents of silver, 20 minas of silver in place of ivory, 50 tunics, 10 togas, 3 potfuls of iced fish, 20 creels with 1,000 fish, all tribute; one mural crown of gold, 20 silver bowls, 4 togas of byssus, 15 Hasaean tents, 10 tunics, 10 large togas, all audience gift: all this to the Palace; (14) 3 minas of silver, 2 tunics, 3 togas, tribute; 10 minas of silver, 5 tunics, 5 togas, audience…
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(1) [To the king, my] lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. [Good health] to the king, my lord! Assyria [is well], the temples are well, all the king's forts [are well]. The king, my lord, can be glad indeed. (6) [As to what the king, my lord, wrote to m]e: "Bel-eṭir [...... (Break) (r 2) "......] Nabû-eṭir-napšati (and) his associate [...], these are the ones [......]; their men [are] still [......]. When I told this thing [to Nabû-m]ušallim, he disappeared [......]." (r 7) [...] I asked my [...] whether [he] had said it and whether Nabû-mušallim [had told it to him]. (r 10) He answered: "He cert…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are well, all the [king's f]orts are well. [The king, m]y [lord, can be glad indeed.] (Break) (r 2) ...] went [...]. Floods have advanced very considerably [in the province] of Nineveh, [in] Dur-Šarruken and in the province of Kurbail.
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(1) [To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are] we[ll, all the king's forts] are well. The ki[ng, my lord, can be glad] indeed. (8) They have got hold of [that] horse concerning [which the king my lord gave me] or[ders] [...... (Break) (r 4) ......] the merchant [...... t]o the [Palace] Superintendent [......] like the king, my lord. (r 7) The chariot grooms of the ša-šēpi guard [...] under my command are asking for plants [... and one] full talent of bronze [...] per one team of hor[ses ...] in accordance with what the…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Sin-ahhe-riba. Good health to the king, my lord! Assyria is well, the temples are we[ll, all the king]'s fort[s are well. The king], my lo[rd, can be glad indeed.] (Rest destroyed)
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(Beginning destroyed) (2) ......] the exempts [...... to] the king, my lord. (4) [As to] Gidgidanu [and his brothers about whom the] king my lord wrote to me: "[Let th]em be [br]ought here!" — (6) [When he heard of this, he became sc]ared and [......] the gods, saying: "Let me go and [petition] the king [......] to give me [......] let me [go] to Arbela." He has come [now and is] in Dur-[Šarruken], doing [his work]. His brothers again [... have] not [gone out] of Dur-Šarruken, [they have not set] foot anywhere at all but are present and [do] their work. (16) [As to] Marduk-remanni [and the…
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(Beginning destroyed) (1) ...... I have made] it clear to [them ......; they are] in my presence, they [have not set] foot an[ywhere else]. If I send for [them], they come [promptly], and if I send them [to ......]. (6) [I told] the chief ...s: "Insp[ect] your [tro]ops! Each [of your ......], and the [...] official [...... should c]ome [...... (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) A letter from Aššur-reṣuwa came to me in which it was written that a messenger of the (king) of Ukku has gone to Urarṭu and that he has sent a letter about it to the Palace. (10) Now after this letter, on the evening of the 6th, he sent me the following letter of his: "The Ukkaean has gone to greet Ariye. Over against him, there is a town of the Ukkaeans called Elizki in the pass of Kumme; the Ukkaean met [Ariye] there, and when they were sitting there [together], he spoke to him as follows: (r 4)…
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (4) [As to what] the king, my lord, wrote [to me]: "The Ukkaean has s[ent] me the following message: 'At this very moment I am goi[ng ...... (Rest destroyed)
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(1) To the king, my lord: your servant Ṭab-šar-Aššur. Good health to the king, my lord! (5) [On the ...th ...] brought me [a letter] from Aššur-reṣuwa in which it was written [as follow]s: "[The king of] Urarṭu is in the city of ...arda; the [...]s of [......" (Rest destroyed)
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(1) [To the king], my lord: yo[ur servant] Ṭab-šar-Aššur. [Good he]alth to the king, my lord! (4) [A messe]nger of Mitunu [whom Aššur]-reṣuwa [had sent] to me says: "[...... (Rest destroyed)
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