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Ashurnasirpal II 039
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria, conqueror from the opposite bank of the Tigris River as far as Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea, he made all of the lands from east to west bow down at his feet.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 040
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all of the four quarters (of the world), sun(god) of [all of] the people, ruler, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, the valiant man who acts with the support of the gods Aššur and Šamaš and who has no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), who treads upon the mountain peaks in all of the mountains, subduer of those insubmissive to (the god) Aššur to the borders above and below, who marches about on mountain paths, (5) who has seen remote and rugged regions, magnificent king of lands,…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 041
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur: (3b) conqueror from the opposite bank of the Tigris River to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea [of] the land Amurru in the west, (who) has conquered the land Ḫatti in its entirety; [(I am the one who) have gained dominion over] (the region stretching) from the source of the Subnat River [to the land Urume, the wide [Naʾiri] lands. [...] … [...]
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 042
(1) Palace of Ashurnasir[pal (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II)], strong king, king of [the world, king of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: (2b) conqueror from [the opposite bank of the Tigris River] to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea of the land Amurru [in the west], (who) has conquered the land Ḫatti [in its entirety; (I am the one who) have gained dominion over] (the region stretching) from the source of the S[ubnat Riv]er [to the land Urume (and) the wi]d[e] Naʾiri lands, in to [their…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 043
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LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 044
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LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 045
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all the four quarters (of the world), ruler of all of the lands, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria: (13) (As for) the temple of the goddess [Ištar], my lady, I built (and) completed (it) from its foundation(s) to its crenellations. (20) [May] a future ruler [restore its] dilapidated section(s).
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 046
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), strong king, [..., king of As]syria, chosen of your father — the god Enlil, whose commands [are unalterable — ... He (the king) has trod] difficult paths, mighty mountain chains [...] and he has conquered all those insubmissive to him [...]. (4b - 5) [...] …, the temple of the goddess Ištar, [... its] dilapida[ted section(s) …]
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Ashurnasirpal II 047
Opens with the full Assyrian divine council — Aššur, Enlil, Ea, Adad, Šamaš — granting Ashurnasirpal II his kingship, illustrating how 9th-century Assyrian royal ideology fused theology with conquest legitimacy.
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Ashurnasirpal II 048
Attests Ashurnasirpal II's invocation of the storm-god Adad as divine enforcer of a royal decree, linking Neo-Assyrian kingship ideology to divine sanction for legal or cultic obligations.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 049
(o 1) [Ashur]nasirpal (II), strong king, king [...], unrivalled king of the world, [...], the attentive ruler who [...] heaven (and) netherworld, [...] those insubmissive to him [...], exalted priest, [...] the deities Aššur (and) Adad [...] whose priesthood in [the temples they established forever ...], [(...)] shepherd [...] (r 1') [...] ... [...] may [a future ruler] restore [its dilapidated section(s) (and) restore my] inscribed name [to its place]. The gods Aššur (and) Adad, [the great] lords, [(...) will (then) listen to his prayers]. (r 7') As for the one who erases my inscription [and writes his (own) name, ... may the deities Aššur, Adad, (and)] Ištar, the great gods [...].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 050
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; valiant man who acts with the support of (the god) Aššur, his lord, and has no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), the king who subdued (the territory stretching) from the opposite bank of the Tigris River to Mount Lebanon and the Great Sea, the land Lāqê, in its entirety, (and) the land Sūḫu,…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 051
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; valiant man who acts with the support of (the god) Aššur, his lord, and has no rival among the rulers of the four quarters (of the world), marvelous shepherd, fearless in battle, mighty flood-tide which has no opponent, the king who subdues those insubordinate to him, who rules all peoples, the strong male who treads upon…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 052
(1') conqueror [from the passes of land Ḫabr]uri to the land Gilzā[nu]; I [conquered from the source of] the Subnat River to [the land Šubr]ia (and) the interior of the land Nirbu; I subdued the land Lāqê, to its [fu]ll extent, (and) the land Sūḫu, including the city Rapiqu; [I brought] within the boundaries [of my land] (the territory stretching) from the passes of Mount Babi[te] to land Ḫašmar, the land Zamua, in [its] entirety, [from] the opposite bank of the Lower Zab [to] Tīl-Abāri, which is upstream from the land Z[abban, to Tīl-ša]-Abtāni and Tīl-ša-Za[bdāni; the cities Ḫiri]mmu (and)…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 053
(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria; conqueror of the Naʾiri lands, to their (text: its) full extent, from the passes of the land Ḫabruri to the land Gilzānu; he conquered from the source of the Subnat River to the land Šubria; I brought within the boundaries of my land (the territory stretching) from the opposite bank of the Tigris River to the land Ḫatti, the land Lāqê, in its entirety,…
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Ashurnasirpal II 055
Dedicates conquered wealth to the god Ninurta, linking Ashurnasirpal II's western campaigns to the theological claim that Assyrian expansion fulfilled divine will — a cornerstone of Neo-Assyrian royal ideology.
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Ashurnasirpal II 056
Preserves the full titulary of Ashurnasirpal II — sun-king, world-trampler, chosen of Enlil and Ninurta — encoding the theological and imperial ideology that legitimised Neo-Assyrian expansion in the 9th century BCE.
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Ashurnasirpal II 057
Records Ashurnasirpal II's restoration of the Emašmaš temple at Nineveh, situating him within a chain of vice-regents stretching back to Šamšī-Adad and linking royal piety to political legitimacy.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 058
(1') No translation warranted.
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Ashurnasirpal II 060
One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BCE), preserved in the RIAo corpus as a witness to the formulaic and historical record of early Neo-Assyrian kingship.
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Ashurnasirpal II 061
One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II, whose annals collectively document the territorial expansion and brutal suppression campaigns that defined early Neo-Assyrian imperial statecraft.
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Ashurnasirpal II 062
One of the corpus of Ashurnasirpal II's royal inscriptions preserved in the RIAo/ORACC edition, attesting the formulaic self-presentation of a 9th-century Assyrian king.
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Ashurnasirpal II 063
One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II, preserved in the RIAo corpus as a witness to the formulaic self-presentation of 9th-century Assyrian kingship.
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Ashurnasirpal II 064
One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II, the corpus of which collectively documents the territorial expansion and ideological self-presentation of the early Neo-Assyrian Empire.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 065
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Ashurnasirpal II 066
Attests Ashurnasirpal II's full titulary and three-generation dynastic genealogy back to Adad-nārārī II, anchoring the ideological framework by which Sargonid kings legitimized conquest through divine appointment and hereditary authority.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 067
(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [son of Tukultī-Ni]nurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of [Adad-nārārī (II), appointee of the god En]lil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, (4) the one who conquered (everything) from [(...)] the slopes of the mountains of the Lullumê, the interior of the land Ḫabḫu, the land Zamua, (and) the land Ḫašmar, a[ll of them, to the land Amu]rru, Mount Amanus, and Mount Lebanon, as far as the Great Sea; [I counted (all of this territory) as within the boundar](ies) of m[y] land.…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 068
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 069
(1) [...], king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria, [..., …, king of A]ssyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the wo[rld, …]: (3) [..., which …, who had com]e before me, ha[d built, …] ... [...] ... [...]
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 070
(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria; the conqueror of all lands (who) made (all rulers) from east to west bow down at his feet: (7) (As for) the palace of the city Apku, I laid its foundations for the residence of my royal majesty, (together) with tablets of silver (and) gold. (10) O future ruler, do not erase (my) inscribed name! (The god) Aššur, the great lord, will (then) listen to your (text: “his”) prayers. (12b) As for the one who erases (my) inscribed…
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 071
(1) [I received] the payment of (blank) [...: …].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 073
(1) [I rec]eived the payment of …: … l]inen [garments] with multi-colored [trim], female musicians, servant men, [...].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 074
(1) I rece[ived the payment] of [...]: silver, gold, [...], bronze tubs, bronze pots, de[corat]ed beds, (and) [linen] garment[s with multi-colored trim].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 075
(1) I rec]eived [the payment of …: …, gol]d, t[in], bronze, [iro]n, [(...)], b[ronze] tub(s), bronze [...](s), [...].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 076
(1) [I rece[ived the paym[ent of ...]: silver, gold, t[in], bronze, bronze tubs, bronze [...], bron[ze …, …, (and) linen garme]nts with multi-colored trim.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 077
(1) I rec[eived] a herd of elephants raised in a city, a herd of wild bulls ra[ised in] a city, a herd [of …, (and) … ] ...
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 079
(1) [... ; pay]ment of the pe[ople of] the city Ḫindānu; [...; payme]nt [of ...].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 080
(1) Captives of Sangara, a man of the land Ḫatti.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 081
(1) Battle against the city Marinâ of Bīt-Adini.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 082
(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: captives of the city El(l)ipi of the land Ḫat[ti].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 083
(1) I conquered the city [Magar]isu of Bīt-Yaḫiri.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 084
(1) Payment of the people of the city Sarugi.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 085
(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: captives of the land Ḫatti.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 086
(1) Palace of [Ashurnasir]pal (II), king of the world, [king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: I conquered the city Rug(g)ulitu of Bīt-Adini.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 087
(1) I conquered the city Y[all]gu (Alligu) [of Bīt]-Adini.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 088
(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: tribute of the land Sūḫu.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 089
(1) Payment of the city [...]ga[...].
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 090
(1) I conquered the city U[l(l)]uba of Sa(n)gara, [king of the la]nd Ḫatti.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 091
(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: captives of the city Mari[ri o]f the land [Ḫ]atti.
LawMythologyAshurnasirpal II 092
(1) I slew wild bulls on the Euphrates River.
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