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Page 246 / 363

~760 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

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Nimrud NW Palace zzz001 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add411

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] the anci[ent] city Kalhu [which Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had built ...] [...] the land Zamua to [its] full ext[ent ...] [...] a palace of cedar [...] [... be]asts of the mountains and of the sea[s (in white limestone and alabaster I fashioned and stationed at its gates) ...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

Nimrud NW Palace zzz010 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add413

(obverse, fragmentary) [... Ashurnasirpal (II)], strong [king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II), great king, [strong] king, [...] [... king of all] the four quarters, who has no rival, [...] [... mighty] flood, who has no [opponent, ...] [...] ... (traces only) [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. add78

[Sh]almaneser, great [king, strong king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), [great king,] strong king, king of the universe, king of [Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II)], (who was) also king of the universe and king of Assyria: brick[work] of the ziggurat [of Kalhu].

Nimrud NW Palace zzz001 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add411

Nimrud NW Palace zzz010 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add413

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. add78

BM 091439

CT 18, pl. 15, K 10089

CT 18, pl. 20, K 11409 +

CT 18, pl. 21, K 11191 +

CT 18, pl. 21, Sm 1744

CT 18, pl. 24, 1879-07-08, 038 +

CT 18, pl. 25, K 07719

CT 18, pl. 25, K 13579

CT 18, pl. 25, K 13585 +

CT 18, pl. 26, K 10014

CTN 4, 218

Fs Lenoble 172, no. 54

Fs Lenoble 172, no. 55

K 10035

K 13627

K 14114

K 14912

K 17523

LTBA 2, 9a-b? +

MSL 12, 092 B'

MSL 12, 092 O

MSL 12, 092 Q

MSL 12, 115 D

Nimrud NW Palace zzz002 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add407

Nimrud NW Palace zzz014 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add418

Nimrud NW Palace zzz015 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add419

RA 017, 172 (K 14428) + K 12038

RIMA 2.0.101.115, ex. 02

RIMA 2.0.101.115, ex. 03

RIMA 2.0.101.115, ex. 04

RIMA 2.0.101.115, ex. 05

RIMA 2.0.101.115, ex. 07

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. 04

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. 05

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. 08

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. 09

RIMB 2.06.32.08, ex. 001

RIMB 2.06.32.16, ex. add027

RIMB 2.06.32.23, ex. 001 & RIMB 2.06.33.05, ex. 001

RIMB 2.06.32.x2003, ex. 003

RIMB 2.06.32.x2003, ex. 005

RIMB 2.06.32.x2003, ex. 006

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 001, ex. 007

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 001, ex. 012 ?

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 004 ?

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 006 ?

RINAP 3/1 Sennacherib 003, ex. 007 ?