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Page 1344 / 1416

~627 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

RINAP 5

Aššur-etel-ilāni 05

(1) For [the god Enlil, lord of the la]nds, his [lord: Aššu]r-etel-ilāni, (5) his obedient [shephe]rd, who provides for Nippur, supporter of Ekur, mighty king, king of the four quarters (of the world), (re)built (10) Ekur, his beloved temple with baked bricks.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~627 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Aššur-etel-ilāni 06

(1) The tomb of Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurian, upon whom Aššur-etel-ilāni, king of Assyria, had pity, brought from Assyria to Bīt-Dakkūri, his (own) country, and laid to rest in a tomb inside his home of Dūru-ša-Ladīni (“Fortress of Ladīnu”). (4) Whoever you are, whether governor or commander or judge or prince, who is appointed in the land, do not harm this tomb or (its) bone(s)! (But rather) look after its position (and) extend (your) good protection over it! For (doing) this, may the god Marduk, the great lord, lengthen your reign, establish his good protection over you, (and) bless your name,…

Aššur-etel-ilāni 05

Aššur-etel-ilāni 06

Sîn-šarru-iškun 01

Sîn-šarru-iškun 02

Sîn-šarru-iškun 03

Sîn-šarru-iškun 04

Sîn-šarru-iškun 05

Sîn-šarru-iškun 07

Sîn-šarru-iškun 13

Sîn-šarru-iškun 19

Sîn-šarru-iškun 06

Sîn-šarru-iškun 08

Sîn-šarru-iškun 09

Sîn-šarru-iškun 10

Sîn-šarru-iškun 11

Sîn-šarru-iškun 12

Sîn-šarru-iškun 14

Sîn-šarru-iškun 15

Sîn-šarru-iškun 16

Sîn-šarru-iškun 17

Sîn-šarru-iškun 18

Sîn-šarru-iškun 20

Sîn-šarru-iškun 2001

Sîn-šarru-iškun 21

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 03

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 07

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 08

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

BRM 4, 48

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

DUROM 2009.9

Fs Lambert 210-211 53 A3

Genava 17, 031, no. 23

LKU 012

MSL SS 1, 033

NABU 2015/105