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Page 376 / 593

~800 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

RIAo

Adad-nerari III 2016 / CDLI Seals 007055

(1) For the goddess Gula, his lady: Pān-Aššur-lāmur, the governor of Baltil (Aššur), dedicated (this) for the life of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) his (own) life.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~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…

Law·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 21

For (the god) Aššur, the great lord, his lord: Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god [Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [appointee of the god Enlil], vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Shalmaneser (III), (who was) also [appointee] of the god Enlil and vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [dedicated (this)] for his life (and) [the well-being of his seed] and his land.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 1001

(1') No translation warranted. (1'') No translation warranted.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 3

A royal prayer formula addressed to Aššur and the gods of Eḫursaggalkurkurra, attesting the liturgical language by which Shalmaneser IV legitimised his reign during the poorly documented mid-eighth-century Assyrian 'interlude'.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 1

(1) Shalmaneser (IV), strong king, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) When Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, marched to Damascus, I received the payment of Ḫadiānu of Damascus: silver, gold, copper, his royal bed, his royal couch, his daughter, together with her extensive dowry, the property of his palace, without number. (11) On my return march, I gave this boundary stone to Uspilulume, the king of the city Kummuḫu. (13b) (As for) whoever (dares) to take (this boundary…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~775 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser IV 2

(1) The god Marduk, the great lord, the king of the gods who holds the circumference of heaven and netherworld, populates cities, establishes sanctuaries, (and) supervises all of the shrines of the gods; the god Nabû, the scribe of the gods who grasps the holy tablet stylus, carries the tablet of the destinies of the gods, provides for the Igīgū and Anunnakū gods, (and) continually gives food rations (and) thereby grants life; (5) the god Šamaš, the light of the lands, the judge of all of the cities, protector of the (four) quarters (of the world); the god Sîn, the luminary of heaven and…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~765 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan III 1

(1) [(...)] Aššur-dān (III), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent [of (the god) Aššur (...), son of] Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Ašš[ur (...), son of] Šamšī-Adad (V), [(who was) also] appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur (...)]: (4) [(...)] the main courtyard of Eḫursa[gkurkurra ...] the main courtyard [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

BAM 6, 531

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] ... [...] [...] like the ... of a man ... [...] [...] against/to Nergal(?) ... the head [...] [... "Hand]-of-a-god," "Hand-of-Ishtar," "Hand-of-a-ghost" — incantation(s) [...] [...] ... and I collated (it). I, Ashur[banipal ...] [... to whom Nabû(?)] and Anu(?) granted broad understanding, [... for] my reading(?) — whatever (pertains to) that work [...] [...] ... as much as exists, on tab[lets ...] [...] (traces only) [...]

Writing & Literature

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

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].

Adad-nerari III 2016 / CDLI Seals 007055

Adad-nerari III 2018 add

Adad-nerari III 21

Adad-nerari III 1001

Shalmaneser IV 3

Shalmaneser IV 1

Shalmaneser IV 2

Aššur-dan III 1

BAM 6, 531

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

ArOr 37, 473-521

BA 10/1, 082

BAM 1, 007

BAM 2, 118

BAM 3, 245

BAM 4, 325

BAM 4, 342

BAM 7, 002 b2

BAM 7, 002 b3

BAM 7, 002 b4

BAM 7, 002 b5

BAM 7, 011 l

BAM 7, 024 y2

BM 091439

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 008

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 017

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 018

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 008

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009

CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 002

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 012

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 034

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 035

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

Geers Heft G p. 011

K 10035