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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 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.

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~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Adad-narari I 49

(1) Adad-nārārī (I), [appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur ...], (2) son of Arik-[dīn-ili, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur ...], (3) son of [Enlil-nārārī, (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur ...]. (4) ... [...] (traces) (5) which/of ... [...] (traces) (6) that which Arik-[dīn-ili (...) had built(?)] (7) the house/temple [...] (text breaks off)

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 AssyrianOur engine

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1001

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] which [...] [...] and the founda[tions ...] [...] ... the founda[tions ...] [...] ... I bui[lt ...] [...] I deposited [my clay c]one(s) [(...)] [(...) May a] later [prin]ce, when [...] [...] and its buildings become dilapidated [and ...] [... (who) re]builds (them) — may Aššur and the god(dess) [...] [... l]isten (to his prayers). The c[one(s) ...] (remainder lost)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1002

(obverse, fragmentary) [... Aššur-rêm-nišēšu(?),] vice-regent of the god Aššur, [son of ..., (who was) also] vice-regent of the god Aššur: [... (the wall/structure) which (rulers who came)] before had built — [from] its foundation to [its crest I (re)built], and the clay cones [I deposited(?)]. [May a] later [prince], in days [to come, when (it) becomes] dilapidated, rebuild (it); [may the god ... (and the god ...)] his prayers [...] [...] may he restore(?) [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Aššur-reša-iši I 1001

(1) [... king] of the universe, king [of Assyria ...] (2) [...] beloved of Aššur, the god [...] (3) [... object of the fav]orable [glance (lit. 'lifting of the eyes')] of the god Enlil, valiant young man, who subd[ues ...] (4) [...] the mountain regions, who brings low the foe[s of Aššur ...] (5) [...] the mighty ... (line too broken to construe) [...] (6) [... vice-re]gent(?) of Aššur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku [...] (7) [...] the wall (and) the gate of the city [...] (8) [...] their foundations [...] (9) [...] (traces only) [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Aššur-reša-iši I 1005

(obverse/body — only the final curse formula survives) [...] ... [...] [... (whoever) alters my inscription and] my [na]me [...] [... with a] grievous [curse], angri[ly (...)] [(...)] may (the gods) cur[se him ...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Aššur-reša-iši I 1006

(obverse, fragmentary) [... the stro]ng? [one], valiant prince, foremost ... [...] [who ...] made [bow down at] his [feet], king of all the inhab[ited world ...] [(...)] son of Aššur-[...] (remainder lost)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianOur engine

BE 04, 238

Ṭāb-ašāb-Marduk, son of Ina-Esagil-zēri, the [vizier]; Arad-Nanâ, son of Damiq-Adad, the governor (šakin ṭēmi); [...]-zēri, son of Arad-Ea, the district [governor] (bēl pīḫati); [...], son of Nam[ri]; [...] the utensils.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianOur engine

Puzur-Aššur III 1001

(1) [... A]ššur [...] (2) [...] of his god [...] (3) [... which/when ...] became dilapidated, and (4) [for his life and] the well-being of [his] city (5) [...] his forefathers (6) [... I] deposited [my clay co]nes. (7) [... w]hen (8) [... th]ose [walls (?)] become dilapidated, (9) [(and he rebuilds them), the gods Aššur and] Adad (10) [will listen to his prayers]. (11) [May he re]tu[rn the clay cones to their place].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tiglath-pileser I 07

[...] ... the land [...] [...] ... the city of Babylon [...] [... the land Kardu]niaš I indeed con[quered ...] [...] his palace I indeed [...] [...] their [...] in [...] [...] ... his/its [...] [...] ... [...] (remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tiglath-pileser I 1001

(1) The temple [...] (2) at the gate of ... [...] (3) palaces, resi[dences of kingship, ...] (4) I constructed [...] (5) Plows in the districts [of my land ...] (6) chariots (with) tea[ms of yoked horses ...] (7) herds of ... [...] (8) over which I had gained dominion [...] (9) Cedar, ḫašū[ru-wood(?), ...] (10) which in the lands of my [dominion ...] (11) those trees [...] (12) The gods Ninurta (and) Nergal [...] (13) extraordinary (wild bulls), th[ose with horns(?) ...] (14) I killed. Sixteen [live] calves [of wild bulls(?) ...] (15) [...]s ... [...] (Text breaks off)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tiglath-pileser I 1007

[... I] deposited my [foundation inscription]s [...] [...] ... Ilu-šumma, vice-regent [of (the god) Aššur ...] [...] Aššur-dān, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur — [I restored (them)] to [their place]. Month Kalmartu, eighteenth day, [(...)] eponymy of Aššur-kēna-šallim, [(...)] son of Aššur-išmanni [(...)]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tiglath-pileser I 1008

(Fragmentary; only the middle portions of five lines survive) [...] ... ... [...] [... (when this ...) becomes] old and dilapidated [...] [...] the inscription (lit. 'name') of Shalmaneser, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [...] [...] of Aššur, and I indeed returned (it) to its place [...] [...] I firmly established (it) in a strong (place) [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tiglath-pileser I 1009

(Fragmentary; only parts of five lines survive) [...] ... [...] [...] ... [...] [... Ilu]-šumma, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [...] [... Aššur-dā]n, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [restored (it)] to [its] place. [...] ... I firmly [established (it)] on a firm (foundation).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tiglath-pileser I 1010

(Break) [... from] its [foundat]ions [to its crenellations ...] [... I] dep[osited my foundation inscriptions ...] [...] vice-regent of the god Aššur [...] [... may he restore (them) to] their [place ...] (Break)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1002

(Beginning broken) [...] a king who came be[fore me ...] [... the temple] had become dilapidated and o[ld ...] [...] ... (traces) [...] [... I rebuilt it from] its foundations to [its] crenel[lations ...] [... which] more than before I [made greater/more splendid ...] [... my monumental inscription] I deposited. To/For [...] [... when (that temple) again] becomes old and [dilapidated, may a future prince restore it ...] [...] ... (traces) [...] (Remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1004

(1) [... Tukul]tī-Ninurta [...] (2) [...] the people, chosen of the god [...] (3) [...]s, the kings who from [...] (4) [...] slayer of the land Al[zu (?) ...] (5) [...] to the full extent of the border(s), king [...] [...] (6) [...] untrodden paths [...] (7) [...] (traces) [...] (Remainder broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1006

(obverse, fragmentary) [...]-ba?-ri?-i [...] [... the] great [...] of the land of Aššur [...] [...] and the temple of Sîn and Šamaš [...] [... from] its foundations to [its] parapet [...] (remainder lost)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tukulti-Ninurta I 40

[Tukultī-]Ninurta (I), appointee of the god Enlil, [vice-regent of the god Aššur], [son of Shalmaneser (I)], appointee of the god Enlil, [vice-regent of the god Aššur], [son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also appointee of the god] Enlil (and) vice-regent of [the god Aššur]; [...] ... [...] (the remainder is broken)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianOur engine

Tukulti-Ninurta I 42

(Fragmentary royal inscription; only line-ends and line-beginnings survive) [... Tukulti-Ninurta (I), vice]-regent of the god Aš[šur ...] [...] ... the land of the Papḫu, the land [...] [... the land Uqu]manu and(?) [...] [...] the one called [by ...] [...] ...(?) the land [...] [...] ... [...] (The remainder of the text is lost.)

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

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 06

(1') [...] ... [...] (2') [He dispatched merchants (and) they acquired burḫiš, dromedaries, (and)] tešēnus. [He formed (herds) of dromedaries, bred (them), (and) displayed] herds of them [to the people of his land]. (4') [The king] of Egypt sent a large [female monkey], a crocodile, [(and) a “river-man,” beasts of the Great Sea. He displayed (them) to the people of his land]. (6') [By the] command of the gods Aššur, Anu, and A[dad, the great gods, my lords, ...] in pursuit of the Arameans, which twice in one year [I crossed the Euphrates River]. I brought about their [defeat from the city…

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 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.

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