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~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian

RIAo

Adad-narari I 24

(1') [...] time [...] its [he]ight, from [...] I piled up [ear]th. [...] the summit of the zi[ggurat ...] I deposited [m]y [commemorative inscriptions (therein)]. (4'b) [In the future, may a future ruler, when that ... becomes dilapidated, ... restore my commemorative inscriptions and] my inscribed name to their places. [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 26

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria: booty from the city Taidu (var. Ir[ridu]).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 27

(1) Belon[ging to the temple of the god Aššur]. Belonging to the tākultu (that took place) at the beginning of the reign of Adad-nārārī (I), the overseer.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 28

(1) Belonging to the temple of the god Aššur. Adad-nārārī (I), king of Assyria, made (it) during his third (var. fourth) tākultu.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 29

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the terrace.

Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 30

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the courtyard of the goddess Bēlet-ekallim.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 33

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the house of the red šudutinnu.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 34

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the red šudu(tin)nu.

Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 36

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria: [...] of the Abaru (Forecourt).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 37

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the temple of Bēlet-šamê.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 38

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the Courtyard of Emblems.

Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 41

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 42

(1) Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, refaced the drainage openings of the wall of the temple of the god Aššur, his lord, which (is) before the gardens of the upper ...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 43

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), overseer, son of Arik-dīn-ili, overseer: (brick) belonging to the city Ša-ama...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 45

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), overseer, son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also overseer.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 46

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 48

(1) [Belong]ing to Adad-[nār]ārī (I), the king.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 1

(1) Arik-dīn-ili, strong king, king of Assyria, the one who built the temple of the god Šamaš — the exalted shrine — for posterity, son of Enlil-nārārī, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), (who was) also king of Assyria. (14) When I planned to build that temple so that the harvest of my land might prosper, at the sanctuary of the god Šamaš, the high place where the decisions of the land had been previously made, but now it was becoming a mound of dirt and around it the “shrines” of the people, which they had taken and settled in, I destroyed (that sanctuary). I laid its foundation(s)…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 2

(1) Arik-dīn-ili, legitimate ruler, strong king, king of Assyria, builder of the temple of the god Šamaš — the exalted shrine. (5) (As for) whoever erases my inscribed name or removes my inscription, may the god Šamaš, my lord, overthrow his kingship and afflict his land with famine.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 3

(1) [Arik-dīn-ili, vice-regent of the god Aššur], son of [En]lil-[nārārī, vice-regent of] the god Aššur, [son of] Aššur-[uballiṭ (I)], (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur. (7) [For his life and the well]-being of his city: [...] ... [... from] its [foundations to] its [crenellations]. (12b) When [... becomes dilapidated and] old

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 4

(1) [Ar]ik-dīn-[ili, vice-regent of the god Aššur], son of Enlil-nārārī, vice-regent [of the god Aššur], son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), [(who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur]. (4) [...] ... [... b]uilt fr]om [its] foundation[s to its crenellations]. (6b) [...] my [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 5

(1) [Ar]ik-dīn-i[li, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of E]nlil-nārārī, [vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Ašš]ur-uball[iṭ (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur]. (4) [...], it had become dila[pidated and ...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 6

(1) [Ar]ik-dīn-[ili, vice-regent of the god A]ššur, [son of Enlil-nārārī, vice-regent of] the god Aššur, [son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 7

(1) Palace of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 8

(1') [...] ... he brought [...], 100 of their sheep, 100 of their oxen [...] to (his) city, Aššur. (4'b) At that time, [...] ... 7,000 storage-containers, in their mouths/by their command, in front of [...] ... a large battering-ram, he made. Arik-dīn-ili [...] … he gave his gift to the goddess Ištar [... for] his life [...]. (9') [...] powerful, Arik-dīn-ili carried off the harvest of Esini [...]. He killed Esini, 33 chariots of ... [...] with the .... Arik-dīn-ili led in [...] ... of his chariots. The chariots [... the city Ar]nuna of the land Nigimḫi, the fortress of the land ... [...] he…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 1002

(1') (Too fragmentary for translation.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 47

(1) Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Adad-narari I 49

(1) (No translation warranted.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal I 1

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (IV), (who was) also king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal I 1001

(1') [... vice-regent] of (the god) Aššur, son of Šamšī-[Adad (IV), (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, dedicated (this) for] his [life], the well-being of his seed, [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 02

(i 1') (Too broken for translation) (i 2') [Son of Aššur]-rēša-iš[i (I), king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria], subduer of [the insubmissive ...]; (i 4') [Son of] Mutakkil-Nusku, [(who was) also king of the world, strong king, king of Assyria], his priestly progeny [...] the king of kings, the lord of lords, [...], the eternal royal seed, [...]. (i 8') In my accession year [(and) in my first regnal year, after I sat on the thro]ne of [(my) royal majesty in a grandiose manner], with the exalted strength [of (the god) Aššur, my lord, who goes before me, with the ... of the god…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 03

(1') [...] I fought [...] I made [a col]ossal [statue of my royal majesty (and) wrote] thereon (a description of) the victories of my royal majesty. [...] I traversed [Mount Ḫirua, conquered and burned with fire] the city Uruniaš of the land Ḫimme. I made a statue of my royal majesty (and) [wrote thereon (a description of)] the victories of [my] royal maje[sty. I made (another) statue of my royal majesty (and) erected (it) in Eš]arra, the house of my succor, before (the god) Aššur, [my] lo[rd. ...] On numerous [campaigns against the Ar]ameans, the enemies of (the god) Aššur, who in the land…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 04

(1) Aššur-bēl-kal[a, great king, king of the] world, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, [king of all four quarters (of the world)], the one provides for Ekur, select of the god Aššur, appointee of the lord of the lands (Enlil), [(the one) who] acts [with the support of the god Aššur] in laying low his enemies, [whose] deeds the gods Aššur (and) Enlil [...], the unconquerable attacker, [the one to whom was entrusted] dominion of Assyria, the one who disintegrates [all of the enemy] lands [with the fire of] the god Gīra, the controller [of the insubmissive] who breaks up [the forces of the…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 05

(1') (Too broken for translation) (2') [In my accession year (and in my first regnal year) after I sat on the thron]e of (my) ro[yal majesty in a grandiose manner, with the exalted strength of (the god) Aššur, my lord, who goes before me, with the ...] of the god Ninu[rta, who goes at my right hand, with the martial spirit of the god Adad, who goes at] my left hand, [I mustered my] chariots [and troops. Difficult roads ... which for the] passage of my chariots and troops [were not suitable, routes which were impassable, whose barriers even the] winged birds of the sky [could not pass, the…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 07

(i 1) [The god Aššur, the great lord], the king of all of the great gods; [the god ...], the king of destinies, the father of the gods, [...]; the god Ea [...], the king of the apsû, [...], the lofty gods, [...]: (i 12) [Aššur-bēl-kala ..., (the one) who acts] with the support of [the god Aššur, ...] people [...] Marduk-nādin-aḫḫē, the king of Akkad, [...] (ii 1) 1,000 troops of the land [...] he uprooted 4,000 hostages from them and brought (them) down into Assyria [...] to the land [...] and [...] Kislīmu (IX) [...]. (ii 11) In that (same) year, in Duʾūzu (IV), the city [...] of the land…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 10

(1) Palace of Aššur-bēl-[kala, king of the world, strong king, king of As]syria, son of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of [the world], strong [king, king of Assyria], son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), (who was) also king of the world, [strong king, king of] Assyria. (4) I made these sculptures in the provinces, cities, and garrisons for titillation. (6) (As for) the one who removes my inscriptions and my name, the Sebetti, the gods of Amurru, will afflict him with snake-bite.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 11

(1) Palace of Aššur-bēl-kala, great king, king of the world, king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 12

(1) Palace of Aššur-bēl-k[ala, ...] ...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 2001

(1) To the god Šamaš, the king of heaven and netherworld, [his] king: Tukultī-Mēr, the king of the land Ḫana, [son] of Ilī-iqīša, the king of the land Ḫana, dedicated (this object) for the well-being of his land and the protection of his reign.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-kala 2002

(1) Belonging to Ibašši-ilu, the chief vizier. He made (this object) for the life of his eldest daughter, whom he loves. (Property) of the gods Aššur, Enlil, (and) Mullissu, the gods of Baltil (Aššur). No one must covet (it), take (it) away, (or) swear (falsely) by god and king and take possession of (it).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-nišešu 1

(1) Aššur-bēl-nišē[šu], vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (II), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur. (4) For his life and the [well-being] of his city: (As for) the great wall of the New City, which Puzur-Aššur (III), (a) ruler (who came before me), my ancestor, had built, I built a new wall next to that wall. From the great wall of the Inner City as far as the (Tigris) River, I applied a facing to it in [its] entirety. I built it from its foundations to its crest. Moreover, I deposited my clay cone (therein). (11) (When) a future ruler builds that wall when it becomes…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-bel-nišešu 1001

(1') I sought [and the ... {of}] the city with/in [...] I built (it) from its foundations t[o its crest. Moreover, I [deposited my clay] cone (therein). (5') (When) a future ruler builds [that …] w[hen] it becomes dilapidated, the gods [Aššu]r (and) Adad [will (then) listen to] hi[s] prayers. [Moreover], may he return my [cl]ay cone to [its] place.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan I 1

(1) [Palace of Aššur-d]ān (I), [king of] Assyria, [son of Ninurta-ap]il-Ekur, (who was) also [king of] Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan I 2001

(1) For the goddess Ištar, the great lady, the one who dwells in Egašankalamma, the lady of Arbela, [his] lady: (4) For the life of Aššur-dān (I), the king of [Assyria], his [lord], Šamšī-bēl, the temple scribe, the son of Nergal-nādin-aḫi, (who was) also the (temple) scribe, dedicated and devoted (this) copper statue weighing ... minas. (10b) The name of that statue is “O Ištar, My Ear (Is Directed) to You!”

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 1

(1) [Aššur-dān (II)], strong [king], king of the world, king of Assyria, designate of (the god) Aššur, [whose] name (the god) Aššur called [... from] of old, into [whose] grasp [(the god) Aššur] placed [a just scepter and] an exalted crown, [whom (the god) Aššur ...] grandly established [for kingship over] Assyria; (5) [son of Tiglath-pileser (II), king of the world, king of As]syria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (II), (who was) also king of the universe (and) king of Assyria. (6) [In my accession year (and) in] my [fir]st regnal year, when [I sat on] the throne of my royal majesty [in a grandiose…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-dan II 1001

(1') the great gods [...], son of Aššur-rēša-i[ši (II), ...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~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…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~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 —…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~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].

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~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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