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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 2

(1') [had sold] all [their sons and daughters]. By the command [of (the god) Aššur, my lord, I took prisoners]. I inflicted [upon them a] major [defeat] (and then) I carried off [their] booty, [possessions, property, herds, (and) flocks] and [brought them to my city, Aššur. ...]. (6') The land Uluzu...[..., which previously had paid tribute] to my ancestor(s), [... they captured …] for themselves; [(...) by the command/with the support] of (the god) Aššur, my lord, [I mustered] (my) chariots [(and) troops. ... I inflicted] upon them a major defeat. I destroyed, devastated, (and) [burned with…

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 3

(1) Aššur-dān (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-pileser (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rabi (II), (who was) also strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria. (5) When this Craftsman’s Gate — which, in the past, Tiglath-pileser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, a ruler who had come before me, had built —…

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 4

(1) To the god Aššur, the father of the great gods, his lord: Aššur-dān (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Tiglath-pileser (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, [son of Aššur-ra]bi (II), [(who was) also] appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of the god Aššur. (6) [I dedicated (this) for my life] so that my days might be long, [my years be many], (and for) the well-being of my seed [(and) my land].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 5

(1) Palace of Aššur-dān (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-pileser (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (II), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rabi (II), (who was) also strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 6

(1) Palace of Aššur-dān (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-pileser (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nadin-ahhe II 1

Attests the title 'vice-regent of the god Aššur' under a mid-14th-century king, anchoring the ideological formula of divine stewardship that would define Assyrian royal self-presentation for centuries.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nadin-ahhe II 2

(1) [(Palace of) Aššur-nādin-aḫ]ḫē (II), [(...) vice-regent of the god A]ššur, [(...), ...]

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nadin-apli 1

(1) Aššur-nādin-apli, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, strong king, king of all of the people, ruler, king of kings; the faithful shepherd to whom the just scepter was given by the command of the gods Aššur, Enlil, and Šamaš and whose important name was called for the return of the land; the king under the protective hand of the god Anu and select of the god Enlil, chosen of the gods Aššur and Šamaš, am I; son of Tukultī-Ninurta (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur; (and) son of Shalmaneser (I), (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and)…

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nadin-apli 2

(1) Palace of Aššur-nādin-apli, king of the world, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (I), (who was) also king of the world; property of the palace.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nadin-apli 3

(1) [Palace of Aššur]-nādin-apli, king of [...].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 01

(1) Aššur-nārārī (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Išme-Dagān (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, builder of the temple of the god Bēl-ibrīya.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 02

(1) Aššur-nārārī (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Išme-Dagān (II), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur, the one who renovated of the Abaru Forecourt.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 03

(1) [A]ššur-nārārī (I), [vice]-regent of the god Aššur, [son of] Išme-Dagān (II), builder of the temple of the gods Sîn [and] Šamaš.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 04

(1) [Aššur-nā]rā[rī (I), vice-regent of] the god A[ššur, son of Išme]-Da[gān (II), (who was) also vice]-regent of the god A[ššur, (5) built] the upper and lower wall of the Step Gate [for] his [life] and the well-being of [his city. (I deposited my clay cone (therein))]. (8b) [May] a f[uture rul]er [...]

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 05

(1) [Aššur-nārārī (I)], vice-[regent of the god Aššur], son of Iš[me-Dagān (II), (who was) also] vice-regent [of the god Aššur, (5) built] the wall of [...] for [his] life [and the well-being of his city].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 06

(1) [Aššur]-nārārī (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, [son of Išme]-Dagān (II), [vice-regent of] the god Aššur, (5) built a wall [for his life] and the well-being of [his city]. I deposited [my clay cone (therein)].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 07

(1) [Aššur-nārā]rī (I), [vice-regent of] the god Aššur, [son of Išme]-Dagān (II), (who was) also [vice regent of the god] Aššur, (5) [...] ...

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 08

(1) [Aššur-nārā]rī (I), [vice-regent of the god Ašš]ur, [son of Išme-D]agān (II), (who was) also [vice-regent of the god] Aššur,

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-narari I 09

(1) Palace of Aššur-nā[rārī (I), vice-regent of] the god A[ššur, son of Išme-Dagān (II)],

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~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Aššur-rabi I 1

(1) Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent of the god Aš[šur, son of] Enlil-nāṣir (I), [(who was) also] vice-regent of the god [Aššur]. (3) [For] his life and the well-being of [his] city: [(As for) the temple of the god Enl]il, which former rulers [...] had built [and] deposited [their clay cones in] (its) foundation(s), [it had become dilapidated and I built (it) from its foundation(s) [to its crest. I deposited my clay cone (therein)].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1

(1) Aššur-rêm-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent. (5) (As for) the wall that Kikkia, Ikūnum, Sargon (I), Puzur-Aššur (II), (and) Aššur-nārārī (I), son of Išme-Dagan (II), my ancestors, had built, it had become dilapidated and I built (it) from its foundations to its crest, for my life and the well-being of my city. Moreover, I returned its clay cones to their places. (12) When a future ruler builds that wall when it becomes dilapidated, the gods Aššur (and) Adad will (then) listen to his prayers. May he return its clay cones to their places.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1001

(1') (No translation warranted.)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1002

(1') (No translation warranted.)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1006

(1') (No translation warranted.)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 01

Asserts divine election from the womb by Anu, Enlil, and Ea: an early Assyrian articulation of the theological framework that would anchor royal legitimacy for the next six centuries.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 02

Records Aššur-rēša-iši I's construction at the Ištar temple in Nineveh, situating this reign within the architectural patronage that defined Middle Assyrian kingship's claim to divine favour from Anu, Enlil, and Ea.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 03

Preserves a fragmentary Middle Assyrian royal building inscription invoking Mutakkil-Nusku and Aššur-dān I, offering rare epigraphic testimony to the dynastic sequence and temple-restoration ideology of the 13th-century Assyrian court.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 04

(1) [Aššur]-rēša-iši (I), appointee [of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, (the one) whose dominion the gods Anu, Enlil, and Ea] — the great gods — [designated] for [the proper administration of Assyria (and whose priesthood they blessed), strong king], king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Mut[akkil-Nusku, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-dān (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur]. (4) [At that time], (as for) the šaḫūru-house of the hinter house [... which …, a king who came before] me had built, in an earthquake, during the time [of Aššur-dān (I),…

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 05

Palace label of Aššur-rēša-iši I, attesting his full titulary — 'designate of Anu, king of the world' — and his three-generation Assyrian royal lineage at a formative moment of Middle Assyrian state-building.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 06

Attests Aššur-rēša-iši I's royal titulary — 'designate of Anu, king of the world' — fixing the ideological vocabulary through which Middle Assyrian kings claimed cosmic authority a generation before Tiglath-pileser I's conquests.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 07

(1) Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-dān (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, builder of the temple of the gods Adad and Anu.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 08

(1) Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, builder of the temple of the gods Adad and Anu..

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 09

(1) Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-dān (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, builder of the temple of the Assyrian Ištar.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 10

(1) Palace of Aššur-rēša-i[ši (I)], strong king, king of the world, king of [Assyria]. (3) Belonging to the palace of the city …

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1001

(1') (No translation warranted.)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1002

One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Aššur-rēša-iši I, attesting the titulary and ideological self-presentation of the Middle Assyrian crown at a formative moment in empire-building.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1003

One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Aššur-reša-iši I, attesting Assyrian kingship ideology and titulary at the pivotal moment when Assyria was consolidating power after the collapse of Mitanni.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1004

(1') [...] previously [built, ...], Aššur-rēša-iši (I) [built (it) i]n its entirety. [...] beams of cedar beam [...]. (7'b) May a future [rule]r re[store] its dilapidated section(s) [...]. The gods Anu (and) Adad [will (then) listen to his] pra[yers].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1005

(1') (No translation warranted.)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1006

(1) (No translation warranted.)

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1007

One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Aššur-reša-iši I, a Middle Assyrian king whose building and military records anchor the chronology of thirteenth-century Assyrian expansion.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 11

(1') [(As for) the temple of the god Aššur, which Ušpia ... had previously built and] (when) it became dilapidated [Erišum (I) ... built (it and when) 159 years had passed and] it had (again) become dilapidated, Šamšī-[Adad (I) ... built (it and) 580 years (passed), then Shalmaneser (I)] built (it), (and) 132 [years (passed), then Aššur]-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur, built (it) ...]. (6'b) [May] a futur[e rule]r [...]

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 12

(1) [Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Mutakk]il-Nusku, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of [Aššur-dān (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur]. (2) (As for) the shrine of (the god) Aššur my lord, which [...] had previously built, had become dilapidated, [...]

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 13

(1) [Aššur-rēša-iši (I)], strong [king], king of the world, king of [Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of] Aššur-dān (I), [(who was) also] king of the world (and) king of [Assyria]. (3) He bu[ilt ...] ... [...].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 14

(1) [Aššur-rēša]-iši (I), strong king, king of [the world, king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, strong king, king of] the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-dān (I), [(who was) also strong king, king of the world (and) king of Assyria, (builder) of the] courtyard of the palace ... [...].

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 2001

(1) Monument of Aššur-šumu-aṣbat, the governor of the city Aššur, the chief ... of Aššur-rēša-iši (I) — the king of Assyria — the son of Rēš-Aššur, (who was) also the governor of the city Aššur.

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~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši II 1

(1) Monument of [Aššur-r]ēša-iši (II), king of Assyria, [son of Aš]šur-[r]abi (II), king of Assyria.

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~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši II 2001

(1) I, Bēl-ēriš, vice-regent of [...], lover of the god Sa[mnuḫa ...], at the time of Aššur-rabi (II), [king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (I) (I)], [N]+3 years [... (5) Aš]šur for delineation [...], at that time, the god Sa[mnuḫa ...] the bank(s) of the Ḫābūr River, from [... to ...] he took possession. [...] the bank(s) of the Ḫābūr River, the vice-[regent ...]. (10) At that time, the god Samnu[ḫa ...] with his exalted strength, 3,000 [...]. The abandoned canal, which [goes] from the land [... to ...] (and) in which [water] no longer flowed, [...] I constructed a facing for (the quay…

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1

(1) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-nārārī (II); Aššur-nārārī (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-rabi (I); Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Enlil-nāṣir (I); (and) Enlil-nāṣir (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur. (13) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur,…

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1001

Attests Aššur-uballiṭ I invoking Šamšī-Adad I as a renovating predecessor — one of the earliest Assyrian royal inscriptions to anchor legitimacy in a named earlier king's building piety.

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