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~850 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

RIAo

Shalmaneser III 115

(1) [Palace of Shalman]eser (III), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), [king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī]-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: [...] stone ...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~850 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser III 116

(1) Palace of Shal[maneser (III), ...], son of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, [...], son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, [...]: temple of the goddess Ištar of N[ineveh (...)].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~850 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser III 2001

(1) [For the god] Nergal, the all-powerful (and) exalted one, the splendidly preeminent one, [..., the one who possesses] strength, the perfect one who is replete with [...], the one who dwells in the city Tarbiṣu, the great lord, [my] lord: (4) [(I,) Bēl]-lūballiṭ, the field marshal (and) [chief] herald, [dedicated (this) for] my life so that [my] days might be long [(...)].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~850 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser III 2002

(1) Monument of Bēlu-lū-balliṭ, the field marshal, the great herald, the administrator of temples, the chief of the extensive troops, (and) the governor of the cities Tabite, Ḫarrān, Ḫuzīrīna, (and) Dūru, the lands Qipāni (and) (I)zalla, (and) the city Balīḫu.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~850 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser III 2003

(1) (The god) Aššur, the great lord, (and) the god Adad, the great lord: die of Aya-ḫālu, (5) the chief treasurer of Shalmaneser (III) — king of Assyria — the governor of (10) the city Kipšūnu, the lands Qumanî, Meḫrāni, Uqi, (and) Erimi; chief of customs: (16) In his eponymy (and the period allotted by) his die, may the harvest of Assyria prosper well. (20) May he throw his die before the gods Aššur (and) Adad.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 09

Asserts Šamšī-Adad V's legitimacy through a three-generation patrilineal chain — Ashurnasirpal II, Shalmaneser III, himself — while claiming the archaic titles 'king of Sumer and Akkad,' anchoring neo-Assyrian imperial ideology in deep Mesopotamian tradition.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 01

(i 1) To the god Ninurta, the strong lord, the majestic (and) exalted one, the noble one, the warrior of the gods, the one who holds the bond of heaven and netherworld, the commander of all, (i 5) the noble one among the Igīgū gods, the hero, the splendid one whose strength cannot be matched, the foremost one among the Anunnakū gods, the brave one of the gods, the magnificent one whose might is unrivalled, the god Utulu, (i 10) the exalted lord, the rider of the Deluge, the one who like the god Šamaš — the light of the gods — watches (all four) quarters (of the world), the hero of the gods…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 02

(iii 1') [...] strong [...]. Upon my return march, [(the people of) ...], his royal city, together with [N] (5´) cities in their environs, abandoned [their cities] in the [face of] the awesomeness of the ferocious weapons of (the god) Aššur and my mighty warfare, which, like [...], know no mercy. They entered [...] (10´) their fortified city. I pursued them. I massacred 650 of them (and) (15´) took away from them 30 of their cavalry, 1 chariot, as well as their possessions, property, oxen, (and) sheep. I destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire their cities. (iii 17') On my fifth…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 04

(1') [(By the command of my great divinity it came about that): ... In order to] save his (Marduk-balāssu-iqbi) (own) life, [he entered the city Nēmetti-šarri (and) you pursued him]. You slaughtered his (people) (and) [took from him his] chariots, [cavalry, (and) battle equipment]. You [pressed] the battle right inside his city (and) [carried out a massacre at its city gate. You cut down his orchards, (and then) destroyed, devastated, (and) burned with fire 2]56 cities in [its] environs. (6') With regard to what you wrote to me, as follows: “[I marched] to the city Dēr. [The city Dēr, the…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 05

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Šamšī-Adad (V), appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Shalmaneser (III), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Ashurnasirpal (II) (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, dedicated (this) for his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 06

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria. son of Ashurnasirpal (II), (who was) also king of Assyria, dedicated (this) [for] his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 07

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, dedicated (this) for his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 08

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, [his] lady: [Šamšī-Adad (V)], son of Shalmaneser (III), son of Ashurnasirpal (II), (dedicated this).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 10

(1) Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, son of Shal[maneser (III), king of Assyria], son of Ashurnasirpal (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: throne [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~820 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Šamši-Adad V 2001

(1) Property of Ilu-ittīya, eunuch of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, the governor of Baltil (Aššur).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 13

Records Adad-nārārī III completing a palace left unfinished by his father Šamšī-Adad V, attesting the dynastic continuity rhetoric Assyrian kings used to legitimise building projects inherited across reigns.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 14

Documents Adad-nērārī III's reconstruction of Nabû's Nineveh temple, anchoring the god's growing cult prominence in the Assyrian heartland to a datable early eighth-century royal patron.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 15

Adad-nerari III's royal titulary chains three successive kings as Enlil's appointees and Aššur's vice-regents, attesting the dynastic legitimation formula the Assyrians used to anchor living rule in divine mandate.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 16

Royal titulary of Adad-nārārī III anchors his legitimacy in two generations of conquest kings, Šamšī-Adad V and Shalmaneser III, illustrating how Assyrian rulers constructed dynastic authority through inscribed genealogy.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 01

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, the king in whose youth (the god) Aššur, king of the Igīgū gods, chose and entrusted him with unrivalled rulership: he conquered and gained dominion over everything from the Great Sea of the Rising Sun to the Great Sea of the Setting Sun; (9b) son of Šamšī-Adad (V), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, (grand)son of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world), who slew all of his enemies and annihilated (them) like a flood, (great) grandson of…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 03

(1) Boundary stone of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, (and of) Semiramis, the palace-woman of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, mother of Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world). (7b) When Ušpilulume, king of the city Kummuḫu, caused Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) Semiramis, the palace woman, to cross the Euphrates River, I (Adad-nārārī) fought a pitched battle with them — with Attār-šumki, son of Abi-rāmu, of the city Arpad, together with eight kings…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 04

(1') ... [...] they drew the yoke of [my lordly majesty. The kings of the wide land Ḫatti], who, in the time of Šamšī-[Adad (V), my father, had become strong and caused] the lords of the Orontes/Euphrates River [to rebel, ...] he heard [of my approach] and Attār-š[umki, ...] trusting [in his own strength, attacked to wage war and strife. I defeated him (and)] took away his camp. [...] the treasure of [his] palace [I carried off ... Attār-šumki], son of A(bī)-rāme, [...] I received, without number. [...] ... [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 05

(1) [Adad-nārārī (III), great king], strong [king], king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [king of the world, king of Assyria, son of] Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (3) I mustered (my) [chariotry, troops] and armed forces and [gave the order to march] to the land Ḫatti. I crossed the Euphrates River in flood. (5) I went down [to the city Paqarḫu]buni. Attār-šumki, [son of Abi-rāmu, together with eight kin]gs of the land Ḫatti, who had rebelled and [trusted in their strength] – the awesome radiance of the god Aššur, my lord, [overwhelmed…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 06

(1) [To] the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven and netherworld, son of the god Anu, the perfectly splendid hero whose strength is mighty, foremost of all of the Igīgū gods, warrior of the Anunnakū gods, who is bedecked with luminosity, who rides the great storms (and) is clothed with fierce brilliance, who lays low the evil, who bears a holy whip, who makes the lightning flash, the great lord, his lord: (6) [Adad-nār]ārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, marvelous shepherd, the exalted vice-regent whose prayers (and) sacrifices the great…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 07

(1) To the god Adad, the almighty lord, powerful noble of the gods, son of the god Anu, unique, awesome, supreme, canal inspector of heaven and netherworld, who rains down abundance, who dwells in the city Zamaḫu, the great lord, his lord: (3) Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) I mustered my chariotry, troops, (and) armed forces (and) ordered the march to the land Ḫatti. In one year, I made lands Amurru (and) Ḫatti in their (text…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 08

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; the king in whose youth (the god) Aššur, king of the Igīgū gods, chose, entrusted him with unrivalled rulership, made his shepherdship pleasing like a healing drug to the people of Assyria, (and) established his throne; the holy priest who unceasingly provides for Ešarra (and) maintains the rites of Ekur, the one who campaigns with the support of (the god) Aššur, his lord, and subdues the rulers of the four quarters (of the world); (5b) the conqueror from Mount Siluna in the east, the lands Namri,…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 09

(1) [Adad-nārārī (III), great king], strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [son of Šamš]ī-Adad (V), strong king, king [of the world], king of Assyria, [son of Shal]maneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) Decree: he entrusted the land Ḫindānu to Pālil-[ēreš], the governor of the land Raṣappa. The state service is under his authority. (6) Whoever lays claim against the provisions of the decree, which is (in favor) of Pālil-ēreš, the governor of the land Raṣappa (and) governor [of the land Ḫindānu], ... [...] his agent. Whoever [... files a] suit before the king…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 10

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), (who was) also king of Assyria, dedicated (this) for his life.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 11

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Adad-nārārī (III), son of Šamšī-[Adad] (V), dedicated (this) for his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 12

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the world, king of Assyria, (and) son of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria: belonging to the facing [of the temple of (the god) Aššur].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 20

(1') [Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad V, king of Assyria], son of Shalmaneser (III), (who was) also king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2002

(1) To the god Nabû, the heroic (and) exalted one, the son of Esagil, the wise (and) splendid one, the mighty ruler, the heir of the god Nudimmud — whose command is supreme — the one who is skilled in the arts, the one who oversees all of heaven and netherworld, the expert in everything, the wise one who can write (lit. “holder of the tablet stylus”), the learned one of the scribal art(s), the merciful (and) judicious one (5) who has the power to depopulate (and) repopulate (a country), the beloved of the god Enlil — the lord of lords, whose might has no rival, without whom there can be no…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2005

(1) Property of Rēmanni-ilu, eunuch of Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, the governor of the city Kalḫu.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2006

(1) Property of Pālil-ēreš, eunuch, the governor of the city Nēmed-Ištar (and) of the land Raṣappa.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2010

(1) The god Aššur, the great lord, the king of the gods [who] decrees destinies; the god Anu, the mighty (and) foremost one, the ancestor of the great gods; the god Enlil, the father of the gods, the lord of the lands who makes kingship great; the god Ea, the wise one, the king of the apsû who grants wisdom; (5) the god Marduk, the sage of the gods, the lord of omens, the commander of all; the god Nabû, the scribe of Esagil, the possessor of the tablet of destinies of [the gods] who resolves differences; [the god] Sîn, the luminary [of heaven and netherworld], the lord of the lunar disk who…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2011

(1') [...] troops [...] the river [...] wagon, might of the fearful flood, [...] strife. Šamšī-ilu, a man (who is) fearless [in battle, ...] ... upon his steeds, the extensive river [... (5´) ...] to him and Argišti, in the midst of battle, the bow [... he (Argišti) abandoned] his camp (and) with a single horse he [disappeared]. (6-b) [...] him and the army of the land Amurru, the people of Nir... [...] evil approaching (and) rebellion becoming rife (lit. “strong”) [...] his/its meadow like a ..., like a ... [... (10´) ...] ... the blood of his warriors being shed, with redness [it dyed ...]…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2012

(1') the chief of the extensive army. (2') At that time, I built a city on the border of Baltil (Aššur), by Mount Ebiḫ, on the bank of the Tigris River, and surrounded it entirely (with a wall). I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. I called the name of that city Šarru-iddina. (9') I wrote my commemorative inscription and (thus) established my name for eternity. May those who come after see this commemorative inscription of mine. May they heed my name and [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2013

(1) For (the god) Aššur, his lord, has Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, dedicated (this) for his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2014

(1) Property of Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2016 / CDLI Seals 007055

(1) For the goddess Gula, his lady: Pān-Aššur-lāmur, the governor of Baltil (Aššur), dedicated (this) for the life of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) his (own) life.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2018 add

(1') who resides in the ciy Dūr-kat[limmu, the] holy [shrine], his beloved abode, the great lord, his lord: (3') Pālil-ēreš, [the gover]nor of the land R[asappa], the city [Nēmed-Ištar, (and) the city Apk]u, had a gol[den sw]ord made and made and presented an image of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, his lord, to the god Salmānu (Text: “Adad-nārārī, king of Assyria”), his lord, who protects the throne of his priesthood, to give into his hands the scepter that shepherds the people, for the well-being of his seed, the well-being of the people of Assyria and the well-being of Assyria, to…

Law·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 21

For (the god) Aššur, the great lord, his lord: Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god [Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [appointee of the god Enlil], vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Shalmaneser (III), (who was) also [appointee] of the god Enlil and vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [dedicated (this)] for his life (and) [the well-being of his seed] and his land.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 1001

(1') No translation warranted. (1'') No translation warranted.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 3

A royal prayer formula addressed to Aššur and the gods of Eḫursaggalkurkurra, attesting the liturgical language by which Shalmaneser IV legitimised his reign during the poorly documented mid-eighth-century Assyrian 'interlude'.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 1

(1) Shalmaneser (IV), strong king, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) When Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, marched to Damascus, I received the payment of Ḫadiānu of Damascus: silver, gold, copper, his royal bed, his royal couch, his daughter, together with her extensive dowry, the property of his palace, without number. (11) On my return march, I gave this boundary stone to Uspilulume, the king of the city Kummuḫu. (13b) (As for) whoever (dares) to take (this boundary…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 2

(1) The god Marduk, the great lord, the king of the gods who holds the circumference of heaven and netherworld, populates cities, establishes sanctuaries, (and) supervises all of the shrines of the gods; the god Nabû, the scribe of the gods who grasps the holy tablet stylus, carries the tablet of the destinies of the gods, provides for the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, (and) continually gives food rations (and) thereby grants life; (5) the god Šamaš, the light of the lands, the judge of all of the cities, protector of the (four) quarters (of the world); the god Sîn, the luminary of heaven and…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~765 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan III 1

(1) [(...)] Aššur-dān (III), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent [of (the god) Aššur (...), son of] Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Ašš[ur (...), son of] Šamšī-Adad (V), [(who was) also] appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur (...)]: (4) [(...)] the main courtyard of Eḫursa[gkurkurra ...] the main courtyard [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~750 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nerari V 1

(1') with scaling ladders and a siege ramp [... where] hostilities occurred [..., whom ...] the king, my ancestor, [had appointed] to be king [... I appointed] Marduk-šarru-uṣur to the governorship [of ...]. (5'b) [No one will appear in court and] protest, [not] with Aššur-nārārī (V) [...] Aššur-nārārī (V), king of Assyria, [has issued] a decree [concerning ...] which is in front of the city Tepata [...] established freedom from taxation (and) [gave it] to Zaza[... Grain and] straw taxes will not be collected [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 46

Chronicles Tiglath-pileser III's systematic absorption of Aramean tribes along the Tigris and Euphrates — the demographic and territorial pressure that reshaped the Levantine political map in the 730s BCE.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 50

Records Tiglath-pileser III's annexation of Unqi, Ḫatarikka, and Damascus into directly governed Assyrian provinces — the administrative mechanism behind the destruction of the Aramaean states attested in 2 Kings 15–16.

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