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Page 1197 / 1278

~760 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

Editorial

Nimrud NW Palace S-29 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. nn

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Nimrud NW Palace S-29 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. nn. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Nimrud NW Palace Sb-01 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 170 (a)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Nimrud NW Palace Sb-01 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 170 (a). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Nimrud NW Palace Sb-02 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 171 (a)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Nimrud NW Palace Sb-02 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 171 (a). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Nimrud NW Palace Sc-04 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 196 (a)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Nimrud NW Palace Sc-04 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 196 (a). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Nimrud NW Palace Sd-02 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. nn

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Nimrud NW Palace Sd-02 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. nn. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

RIMA nn

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RIMA nn. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

RIMB 2.nn ?

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) ?) — RIMB 2.nn ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

RIMB 2.nn ?

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) ?) — RIMB 2.nn ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

RIMB 2.nn ?

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) ?) — RIMB 2.nn ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 068

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 068. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

unpublished ?

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — unpublished ?. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Economy

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

WCMA 20.1.33a

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.33a. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

WCMA 20.1.33b

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.33b. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

WCMA 20.1.33c

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.33c. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

WCMA 20.1.33d

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — WCMA 20.1.33d. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Between 1845 and 1851 CE, Sir Austen Henry Layard uncovered the cuneiform library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh. These texts, most of which dated to the 7th century…

Economy·Daily Life

~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Sennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)

One of the rare cuneiform texts that explicitly cross-references the Hebrew Bible: the same historical event narrated by both sides. The Taylor Prism gives us the Assyrian view of a moment the biblical authors framed as divine deliverance. It is also a masterpiece of imperial propaganda — the prisma…

Writing & Literature·Law

~650 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

The single most important literary discovery of the 19th century. It rewired the understanding of the Bible's literary context and proved that the Mesopotamian flood tradition is older. It is the oldest surviving epic poetry in human history.

Nimrud NW Palace S-29 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. nn

Nimrud NW Palace Sb-01 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 170 (a)

Nimrud NW Palace Sb-02 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 171 (a)

Nimrud NW Palace Sc-04 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. 196 (a)

Nimrud NW Palace Sd-02 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. nn

RIMA nn

RIMB 2.nn ?

RIMB 2.nn ?

RIMB 2.nn ?

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 004, ex. 068

unpublished ?

WCMA 20.1.33a

WCMA 20.1.33b

WCMA 20.1.33c

WCMA 20.1.33d

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Sennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

AuOr 37, 043-044 01

AuOr 37, 044-045 02

AuOr 37, 045-046 03

AuOr 37, 047 04

AuOr 37, 047-049 05

BAM 4, 392

BM 091441

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 023 & 002701.05, ex. 010

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 011

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.54

CUSAS 15, 043

DUROM 2009.9

Genava 17, 031, no. 23

Iraq 06, 178, 80 + 81

LKU 012

MSL SS 1, 033

MSL SS 1, 083

NABU 2015/105

OECT 11, 077

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn