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~1900 BCE·Old Babylonian

RIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2019

(1) Sîn-iqīšam, son of Būr-Adad, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

Economy

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2020 / CDLI Seals 008051

(1) Rīš-ilu, son of Aduanniam, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

Economy

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2021

(1) Pazaya, son of Aḫi-šakim, servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

Economy

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2022

(1) Kunnat[um], son of Mezi..., servant of Šamšī-Adad (I).

Economy

~1900 BCE·Old BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad I 2023

(1) Samiya, son of Ḫani-m[alik], servant of Šamš[ī-Adad (I)].

Economy

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Sargon I 1 / CDLI Seals 003474

(1) The divine Sargon (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ikūnum, vice-regent of the god Aššur.

Economy

~1900 BCE·Old AssyrianRIAo

Sargon I 2001

(1) When the divine Sargon (was) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, Ḫadītum, the wife of Bēlam-nāda, dedicated (this) to the Assyrian Ištar, her lady. She put (the symbol of the) pudendum into (the Ištar temple) for the life of her husband, her (own) life, and the life of her children.

Šamši-Adad I 2019

Šamši-Adad I 2020 / CDLI Seals 008051

Šamši-Adad I 2021

Šamši-Adad I 2022

Šamši-Adad I 2023

Sargon I 1 / CDLI Seals 003474

Sargon I 2001

Adad-narari I 01

Adad-narari I 06

Adad-narari I 1001

Adad-narari I 25

Adad-narari I 31

Adad-narari I 35

Adad-narari I 39

Adad-narari I 40

Adad-narari I 44

Aššur-bel-kala 01

Aššur-bel-kala 08

Aššur-bel-kala 09

Eriba-Adad II 1

Šamši-Adad IV 1

Shalmaneser I 09

Shalmaneser I 17

Shalmaneser I 18

Tiglath-pileser I 01

Tiglath-pileser I 02

Tiglath-pileser I 10

Tiglath-pileser I 12

BM 090715

BM 137412

Aššur-dan I 1001

Aššur-dan I 1002

Aššur-nadin-ahhe II 1

Aššur-reša-iši I 01

Aššur-reša-iši I 03

Aššur-reša-iši I 05

Aššur-reša-iši I 06

Aššur-reša-iši I 1002

Aššur-reša-iši I 1003

Aššur-reša-iši I 1007

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1001

Eriba-Adad II 2

Šamši-Adad IV 3

Shalmaneser I 1001

Shalmaneser I 1002

Shalmaneser I 1003

Shalmaneser I 1004

Shalmaneser I 1005

Shalmaneser I 1007

Shalmaneser I 19