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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.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 33
(1) Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of the world.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 34
(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of Assyria.
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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.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 36
(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 37
(1) Belonging to Shalmaneser (I), king of the world.
LawMythologyShalmaneser 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.
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Tiglath-pileser I 01
Opens with the fullest early pantheon invocation in Tiglath-pileser I's royal corpus, mapping the precise hierarchy — Aššur, Enlil, Sîn, Šamaš, Adad, Ninurta — that legitimised Middle Assyrian imperial kingship.
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Tiglath-pileser I 02
Preserves the divine invocation formula of Tiglath-pileser I, naming Aššur, Enlil, Sîn, Šamaš, and Adad as guarantors of Assyrian royal authority — a theological blueprint for Middle Assyrian kingship ideology.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 03
(1) [Tiglath]-pileser (I), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all four quarters (of the world), the valiant man who acts with the support of the gods Aššur and Ninurta — the great gods, his lords — (and thereby) has struck down his foes; (5) Son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria. (6) By the command of the god Aššur, my lord, I conquered from the other side of the Lower Zab to the Upper Sea of the Setting Sun. I marched to the Naʾiri lands three times (and) conquered the…
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Tiglath-pileser I 04
Tiglath-pileser I's own account of his campaigns frames conquests from Babylon to the Mediterranean as divinely mandated — attesting the theological language Assyrian kings used to legitimize territorial expansion in the early 11th century BCE.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 05
(1') built [...] the labūnu-house [...] I strengthened. With boxwood, [which by the command of the gods Aššur and Anu, the great gods, my lords], I had cut down (and) [carried off] from Mount Lebanon, [... I installed/built ...] I bu[ilt (it) fr]om its foundations to its crenellations. [...] I bu[ilt the labūnu-house that is] opposite it with tamarisk. [... I] entirely [surrounded (it)] in [its] entiret[y with] slabs of gišnugallu-alabaster. [I …] its walls and [... surrounded (them) with] knobbed nails of bronze to (enhance) its appearance. [...]. (10') [...] within that terrace and to [...…
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 06
(1) Tiglath-pil[eser (I), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria], king of all [four] quarters (of the world), [...] who with the aid [of ...], the king who the Deluge of [...] approach of [battle ...] the god Gīra, encircler [of ...] whose command
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 07
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 08
(1') No translation warranted. (4') [... which by the command of] the gods Ninurta and Nergal, the great gods, [my lords], I had killed [with a harpoon of my own making in the Great Sea] of the land Amurru [(...)] I stationed (them) on the right [and] left of the entrance (gate) of my [royal majes]ty. I [fashioned (...)] bands of silver and gold [...] this weapon with wisdom [I manufactured ...]. The palace [...] the gods [...] I inscribed my [commemorative] inscriptions [and deposited them therein]. (12') [In the future, in days to come, may a future ruler], when [that] palace [becomes old and dilapidated, restore its dilapidated section(s), either with] boxwood or [...]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 09
(1') [...] to the city Šu[...] their [...] in [...] they killed in [...] against them [...] of the land Addauš [...] the vice-regent (of a god) of the city Šu[...] of the land Addauš [...] ... city and land [...] to the land Addauš, I/he entered. [...] ... [...]
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Tiglath-pileser I 10
Attests Tiglath-pileser I's claim to rule 'from Babylon to the Upper Sea of Amurru' — pinning the rhetorical geography of Middle Assyrian imperial ideology to a specific, verifiable territorial horizon.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1001
(1') No translation warranted.
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Tiglath-pileser I 1002
One of the surviving manuscript witnesses to Tiglath-pileser I's royal inscriptions, preserving Assyrian royal ideology and titulary from the height of Middle Assyrian power.
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Tiglath-pileser I 1003
One of the surviving manuscript witnesses to a royal inscription of Tiglath-pileser I, preserving Assyrian royal ideology and titulary from the height of Middle Assyrian imperial power.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1007
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1008
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1009
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1010
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1011
(1') center/interior of the door [...] of the temple of the gods Anu and [Adad, (which)] Adad-nārārī (I), vice-[regent of (the god) Aššur (...)], had built, [(...)]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1012
(1) Tigla[th-pileser (I), …], son of [..., …] made [...].
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1014
(1) To the goddess Mullissu, the lady of [...], the great [lady], his lady: [Tiglath-pileser (I)], appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur, (...,) dedicated (this ...)]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 11
(r 1') its inner [...], as far as ... [...] ... [... I bui]lt that [p]alace from it[s] foundations [to its crenellations. I splendidly [decorated (it)] more than before. I surrounded (it) [with knobbed nails of] bronze. [I made magnificent] doors of f[ir], made (them) fast [with bronz]e [bands, (and) installed (them)] in its gate. (r 9') [...] which with the support of the gods Aššur, Anu, Enlil, [... the great gods] who support me, the lands of/which [...] I made replicas in parūtu-alabaster [and basalt of a nāḫiru, which is called a sea-horse (and) which by the command of the gods Ninurta…
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Tiglath-pileser I 12
Lists fourteen conquered cities in the lands of Qumanî and Ḫabḫu — territories whose rulers had withheld tribute from Aššur — supplying rare toponymic evidence for Assyrian expansion into the northern periphery under Tiglath-pileser I.
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Tiglath-pileser I 13
Documents Tiglath-pileser I's campaigns from the Naʾiri lands to Carchemish and down to Rapiqu, tracing the westward and southward reach of Assyrian military power in the late second millennium BCE.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 14
(1') [(...) Tigla]th-pileser (I) [...] conqueror of lands [... king of] the world, king of Assyria [...]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 15
(1) With the aid of the gods Aššur, Šamaš, (and) Adad, the great gods, my lords, I, Tiglath-pileser (I), king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, (who was) also king of Assyria, (I) the conqueror from the Great Sea of the land Amurru and the Sea of the Naʾiri land(s), (and) marched to the Naʾiri land(s) three times.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 16
(1) Tiglath-pileser (I), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), conqueror of the Naʾiri lands from the land Tumme to the land Daiaeni, conqueror of the land Ḫabḫu to the Great Sea.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 17
(1) Palace of Tiglath-[pileser (I), king of] Assyria, conqueror [from] Babylon [of the land Akkad] to Mount Lebanon [to the Great] Sea [of the land Amurru and] the Sea [of the Naʾiri land(s), builder of] the Cedar [Palace].
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 2001
(1) To the goddess Tašmētu, his lady: Aššur-išmânni, the scribe, son of Aššur-dayyān, dedicated (this) for his life.
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Tiglath-pileser I 21
A fragmentary royal inscription of Tiglath-pileser I referencing the 'Great Sea of Amurru' (the Mediterranean) — one of the earliest Assyrian textual claims to have reached the western sea.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 22
(1) Tiglath-pileser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, built and constructed the temple of the gods Anu and Adad, his lords.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 23
(1) Tiglath-pileser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, built and constructed the temple of the god Adad, his lord.
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Tiglath-pileser I 24
Brick inscription stamping Tiglath-pileser I's ownership of a Ḫusur River quay wall — evidence that Assyrian royal building programmes extended to urban hydraulic infrastructure, not only temples and palaces.
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Tiglath-pileser I 25
Records Tiglath-pileser I's construction work on the Ḫusur River quay wall at Aššur, attesting royal investment in urban hydraulic infrastructure in the early Assyrian Empire.
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Tiglath-pileser I 26
Records Tiglath-pileser I's construction work on the Ḫusur River quay wall at Aššur, adding a brick-by-brick datum to the archaeology of Assyrian royal building programmes in the late second millennium.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 27
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of the world, king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the facing of (the quay wall) of the [Ḫusur] River, at the garden of [Nineveh].
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 28
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of the world, king of Assyria.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 29
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of Assyria: (slab) belonging to the house of boxwood.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser II 01
(1) Monument of Tiglath-pileser (II), [king of Assyria, son of Ašš]ur-[rēša]-iši (II), [king of Assyria].
LawMythologyTukulti-Ninurta I 01
(i 1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, chosen of (the god) Aššur, vice-regent of the god Aššur, attentive shepherd, favorite of the gods Anu and Enlil, whose name the god Aššur and the great gods faithfully called, the one to whom they gave the four quarters (of the world) to administer and the one to whom they entrusted their dominion, the attentive one, appointee of the gods, the one who gladdens the heart of the god Aššur, the one whose conduct is pleasing to the gods of heaven and the netherworld and who is endowed with excellence, the one who…
LawMythologyTukulti-Ninurta I 02
(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, strong king, king of the four quarters (of the world), chosen of (the god) Aššur, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, the king whose deeds are pleasing to the gods of heaven (and) netherworld and to whom they allotted the four corners of the earth, (the king whom) they allowed always to exercise rule in the (four) quarters (the world) and who conquered all of those who did not submit to him, capturer of enemy lands, extender of borders, strong king, loved one of the great gods, of lordly lineage whose priesthood in Ekur and whose rule…
LawMythologyTukulti-Ninurta I 03
(1) [Tukultī-Nin]urta (I), king of the world, [strong king, king of] Assyria, [king of kings], lord of lords, [king of the four quarters (of the world)], conqueror of [the rebellious] — those who do not submit to him (and) [who are hostile] to the god Aššur — crusher of [the lands Uqu]manî [and Papḫû] — difficult mountain (regions) — [defeater of the rulers] of the land Qutû, [as far as the land Me]ḫri, disperser of [the forces of the land] Šubarû [to (its) full extent], together with the remote [Na]ʾiri [lands, as far as] the border of Makan, [capturer of] the four quarters (of the world)…
LawMythologyTukulti-Ninurta I 04
(1') in (their/its) entirety, king [...] who with his fierce valor made [...] passable and the mountain peaks [... with the support] of (the god) Aššur, he victoriously passed over them with regularity and to the land [...] the forty kings of the Naʾiri lands and the lands on the coast of the [Upper] Sea [...] and he constantly received their regular tribute in the city Aššur, [...]. (6'b) [At that time, I ... the sanctuaries of] my [city], Aššur, on the north side, terrain and house-plots [...] I erected [... using lim]estone and bricks. I removed its earth. Within [...], I built [...] and I…
LawMythologyTukulti-Ninurta I 05
(1) Tukultī-Ninurta (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of all of the people, strong king, king of Karduniaš (Babylonia), king of Sumer and Akkad, king of the Upper (and) Lower Seas, king of the extensive mountains and plains, king of the land Šubarû (and) Qutû, and king of all of the Naʾiri lands, the king whom the gods have helped to obtain his desired victories and who shepherds the four quarters (of the world) with his fierce might, am I; son of Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, king of Assyria; (and) son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who…
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