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Shalmaneser I 11

(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Arik-dīn-ili, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur; founder of cult centers, builder of Ekur — the shrine of the gods (and) the dwelling of the god Nunnamnir. (9) At that time, (as for) the New Palace, [which] Adad-nārārī (I), [the appointee of the god Enlil], the son of Arik-dīn-ili — (who was also) the appointee of [the god Enlil] — ... [...]

Shalmaneser I 12

(1) [Shalmanes]er (I), appointee of the god Enlil, [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r, strong king, [king of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (I), [vice-regent of the god Aššur], son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also [vice-regent of the god Aššur]. (5) At that time, the [...] of (the god) Aššur [...] of the son of the king [... doorfra]mes. (r 1') [May god ...] afflict [his land] with want.

Shalmaneser I 13

(1) [Shalma]neser (I), appointee [of the god Enlil], vice-regent of the god Aššur, [builder of] Eḫursagkurkurra, [the temple of the god Aš]šur — [his] lord — [son of Adad-nār]ārī (I), appointee [of the god Enlil, vice-regent] of the god Aš[šur, (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili], (who was) also appointee of the god [Enlil (and) vice-regent of the god Aššur]. (r 1') May [a kin]g who is [his] ene[my] take aw[ay his throne and under his very] eyes rule [his land]. (r 5') [Eponymy of M]ušallim-A[ššur].

Shalmaneser I 14

(1) Shalmaneser (I), [appointee of the god Enlil (and)] vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, builder of E[ḫursagkurkurra — the temple of] (the god) Aššur, his lord — son of [Adad-nārārī (I), appointee of] the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) A[ššur, son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also] appointee of the god [Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur]. (6) (No translation possible)

Shalmaneser I 15

(1') [...] that house [...] ... [...] all [...] ... the goddess Šērūa [...] ... [... which] he/they donated and built their [...] had become dilapidated. [I removed their dilapidated section(s)]. I built (them) from its foundations to its crenellations. I restored them. I deposited my commemorative inscription (therein).

Shalmaneser I 16

(iii 1') In [the city Tarbiṣu, ...]. Moreover, (as for) its wall, [... for] the god Nergal, my lord, [...] I ... [...]. (iii 6') I renovated the temple of the goddess Ištar, my lady, [which (is) in the city Talmusu (Talmuššu). (As for) her] ziggurat, the holy shrine, the peaceful abode, I [built (it)] inside the city Talmusu for the goddess Ištar, the lady of the city Talmusu. (iii 11') I built Egašankalama, the temple of the goddess Ištar, lady of Ar[bela], my lady, and her ziggurat. (iii 13') (As for) the great ziggurat, I built (it) for the god Aššur, my lord, inside my city, Aššur. (iii…

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Shalmaneser I 17

Credits Ištar of Nineveh — not Aššur alone — as the divine force behind Shalmaneser I's campaigns against Šubarû, Lullumê, and Qutû, documenting the goddess's role in mid-13th-century Assyrian royal ideology.

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Shalmaneser I 18

Shalmaneser I's titulary here fuses Enlil-derived legitimacy with military conquest across Qutû, Lullumê, and Šubarû, documenting the mid-13th-century BCE consolidation of Assyrian royal ideology in its earliest monumental form.

Shalmaneser I 19

Attests Shalmaneser I's three-generation royal genealogy — Arik-dīn-ili, Adad-nārārī I, Shalmaneser I — anchoring the mid-thirteenth-century Assyrian dynastic sequence and linking it to Ištar's temple Emašmaš.

Shalmaneser I 20

(1) For the god Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur. (5b) I built the temple of the god Aššur, my lord, in its entirety from its foundations to its crenellations. I made (it) larger than before. (9b) I dedicated (this door socket) to the god Aššur, my lord, for my life, the safe-keeping of my seed, and the well-being of Assyria.

Shalmaneser I 21

(1) For the god Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, dedicated (this door socket).

Shalmaneser I 22

Shalmaneser I 23

(1) For (the god) Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, dedicated (this gold/silver disc). Belonging to the ziggurat.

Shalmaneser I 24

Dedicatory formula naming Šalmaneser I as vice-regent of Aššur fixes his ideological programme: royal authority derived from Aššur, exercised in service to Ištar — a pairing central to Middle Assyrian kingship theology.

Shalmaneser I 25

(1) Belonging to the temple of the god Aššur. Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, son of Adad-nārārī (I), [(who was) also] king of the world, [made (it) at his tākultu].

Shalmaneser I 26

(1) [Belonging to the temple of the god Ašš]ur. Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of [Adad-nār]ārī (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur, [made (it)] at [his] tākultu.

Shalmaneser I 27

(1) [Belonging to the temple of the god Aššur. Belonging to] the third tākultu of Shalmaneser (I), the overseer. [Shalmaneser (I), son of] Adad-nārārī (I), (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also the overseer, made (it).

Shalmaneser I 28

Labels a brick from the Courtyard of Emblems, giving Shalmaneser I's filiation through Adad-nārārī I — architectural epigraphy that anchors the physical layout of a 13th-century Assyrian royal precinct.

Shalmaneser I 29

(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, restorer of Emašmaš, temple of the goddess Ištar, his lady, in Nineveh.

Shalmaneser I 30

(1) Palace of [Shalmaneser], king of the world, king of [Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (I), [...]

Shalmaneser I 31

Royal titulary of Shalmaneser I asserting universal kingship through patrilineal descent from Adad-nārārī I — documenting the dynastic legitimation formula at the height of Middle Assyrian imperial consolidation.

Shalmaneser I 32

A royal titulary inscription of Shalmaneser I attesting the hereditary claim 'king of the world' (šar kiššati) through his father Adad-nārārī I, documenting the ideological continuity of Middle Assyrian imperial self-presentation.

Shalmaneser I 33

(1) Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of the world.

Shalmaneser I 34

(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of Assyria.

Shalmaneser I 35

One of the corpus of royal inscriptions through which Shalmaneser I projected Assyrian royal authority, attesting the titulary 'king of the world' that would define imperial self-presentation for centuries.

Shalmaneser I 36

(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria.

Shalmaneser I 37

(1) Belonging to Shalmaneser (I), king of the world.

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Shalmaneser II 1

(1) Monument of Shalmaneser (II), great king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (I), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (IV), (who was) also king of Assyria.

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianEditorial

Sm 0400

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Assyrian (ca. 1400-1000 BC)) — Sm 0400. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1891.11.078

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1891.11.078. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1893.05.006

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1893.05.006. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1893.05.012

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1893.05.012. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1893.05.030

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1893.05.030. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1893.05.031

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1893.05.031. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1895.01.036

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1895.01.036. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.041

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.041. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.052

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.052. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.063

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.063. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.099

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.099. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.100

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.100. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.101

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.101. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.117

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.117. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.138

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.138. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.142

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.142. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.148

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.148. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.158

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.158. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.163

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.163. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1899.02.241

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1899.02.241. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1907.12.018

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1907.12.018. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

SM 1913.02.206

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Middle Babylonian (ca. 1400-1100 BC)) — SM 1913.02.206. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).