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~875 BCE·Neo-Assyrian

RIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 152 add

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal, 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; (2) valiant man who acts with the support of Aššur, his lord, and has no rival among the rulers of the four quarters, marvelous shepherd, fearless in battle, mighty flood-tide which has no opponent, (3) the king who subdued (the territory stretching) from the opposite bank of the Tigris to Mount Lebanon and the…

Law·Religion & Myth

~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 2006 / CDLI Seals 006501

(1) Property of [...]. (2) (erasure) (3) Mušēzi[b-Ninurta dedicated] (this) to the god Sa[mnuḫa] for his life.

Economy

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 02

(1) Adad-nārārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) The boundary that Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal established between Zakkūru of the land of Hamath and Attār-šumki, son of Abi-rāmu: the city Naḫlasi, together with all its fields, gardens, [and] settlements, is (the property) of Attār-šumki. They divided the Orontes River between them. This is the border. (8b) Adad-nārārī (III),…

Law

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2003

(1) Seal of Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, the governor of the city Kalḫu (and) the lands [Ḫamed]ê, Temeni, (and) Yaluna. I have trusted in you, O Nabû, let me not be put to shame!

Economy

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2009

(1) He gave (this) to Ištar-dūrī, eunuch of Nergal-ilāʾī (and) field marshal, his protector. Property of Bīrtāyu, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

Economy

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2015

(1) Seal of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

Economy

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2017

(1) Seal of Bēl-dayyānī, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

Economy

~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…

Ashurnasirpal II 152 add

Ashurnasirpal II 2006 / CDLI Seals 006501

Adad-nerari III 02

Adad-nerari III 2003

Adad-nerari III 2009

Adad-nerari III 2015

Adad-nerari III 2017

Adad-nerari III 2018 add

Tiglath-pileser III Series A Annals

Tiglath-pileser III Series B Annals

SAA 15 042. Feeding Hittite Deportees (ABL 1082)

SAA 15 072. Adda-rami and Horses (CT 53 606)

SAA 15 105. Horses and Recruitment Officers of Calah (ABL 0127)

Sargon II 117

SAA 17 083. Pardoning the Offences of Borsippa (ABL 1076)

SAA 17 090. Watch of Ekur and Nippur (CT 54 011)

Sennacherib 212

SAA 16 081. Jewellery for the King (ABL 0847)

Esarhaddon 1026

Esarhaddon 1029

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

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