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~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 14

Documents Adad-nērārī III's reconstruction of Nabû's Nineveh temple, anchoring the god's growing cult prominence in the Assyrian heartland to a datable early eighth-century royal patron.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 15

Adad-nerari III's royal titulary chains three successive kings as Enlil's appointees and Aššur's vice-regents, attesting the dynastic legitimation formula the Assyrians used to anchor living rule in divine mandate.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 16

Royal titulary of Adad-nārārī III anchors his legitimacy in two generations of conquest kings, Šamšī-Adad V and Shalmaneser III, illustrating how Assyrian rulers constructed dynastic authority through inscribed genealogy.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 01

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, the king in whose youth (the god) Aššur, king of the Igīgū gods, chose and entrusted him with unrivalled rulership: he conquered and gained dominion over everything from the Great Sea of the Rising Sun to the Great Sea of the Setting Sun; (9b) son of Šamšī-Adad (V), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, (grand)son of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world), who slew all of his enemies and annihilated (them) like a flood, (great) grandson of…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 03

(1) Boundary stone of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, (and of) Semiramis, the palace-woman of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of Assyria, mother of Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world). (7b) When Ušpilulume, king of the city Kummuḫu, caused Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) Semiramis, the palace woman, to cross the Euphrates River, I (Adad-nārārī) fought a pitched battle with them — with Attār-šumki, son of Abi-rāmu, of the city Arpad, together with eight kings…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 04

(1') ... [...] they drew the yoke of [my lordly majesty. The kings of the wide land Ḫatti], who, in the time of Šamšī-[Adad (V), my father, had become strong and caused] the lords of the Orontes/Euphrates River [to rebel, ...] he heard [of my approach] and Attār-š[umki, ...] trusting [in his own strength, attacked to wage war and strife. I defeated him (and)] took away his camp. [...] the treasure of [his] palace [I carried off ... Attār-šumki], son of A(bī)-rāme, [...] I received, without number. [...] ... [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 05

(1) [Adad-nārārī (III), great king], strong [king], king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [king of the world, king of Assyria, son of] Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (3) I mustered (my) [chariotry, troops] and armed forces and [gave the order to march] to the land Ḫatti. I crossed the Euphrates River in flood. (5) I went down [to the city Paqarḫu]buni. Attār-šumki, [son of Abi-rāmu, together with eight kin]gs of the land Ḫatti, who had rebelled and [trusted in their strength] – the awesome radiance of the god Aššur, my lord, [overwhelmed…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 06

(1) [To] the god Adad, canal inspector of heaven and netherworld, son of the god Anu, the perfectly splendid hero whose strength is mighty, foremost of all of the Igīgū gods, warrior of the Anunnakū gods, who is bedecked with luminosity, who rides the great storms (and) is clothed with fierce brilliance, who lays low the evil, who bears a holy whip, who makes the lightning flash, the great lord, his lord: (6) [Adad-nār]ārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, unrivalled king, marvelous shepherd, the exalted vice-regent whose prayers (and) sacrifices the great…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 07

(1) To the god Adad, the almighty lord, powerful noble of the gods, son of the god Anu, unique, awesome, supreme, canal inspector of heaven and netherworld, who rains down abundance, who dwells in the city Zamaḫu, the great lord, his lord: (3) Adad-nārārī (III), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) I mustered my chariotry, troops, (and) armed forces (and) ordered the march to the land Ḫatti. In one year, I made lands Amurru (and) Ḫatti in their (text…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 08

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; the king in whose youth (the god) Aššur, king of the Igīgū gods, chose, entrusted him with unrivalled rulership, made his shepherdship pleasing like a healing drug to the people of Assyria, (and) established his throne; the holy priest who unceasingly provides for Ešarra (and) maintains the rites of Ekur, the one who campaigns with the support of (the god) Aššur, his lord, and subdues the rulers of the four quarters (of the world); (5b) the conqueror from Mount Siluna in the east, the lands Namri,…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 09

(1) [Adad-nārārī (III), great king], strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, [son of Šamš]ī-Adad (V), strong king, king [of the world], king of Assyria, [son of Shal]maneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world): (4) Decree: he entrusted the land Ḫindānu to Pālil-[ēreš], the governor of the land Raṣappa. The state service is under his authority. (6) Whoever lays claim against the provisions of the decree, which is (in favor) of Pālil-ēreš, the governor of the land Raṣappa (and) governor [of the land Ḫindānu], ... [...] his agent. Whoever [... files a] suit before the king…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 10

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), (who was) also king of Assyria, dedicated (this) for his life.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 11

(1) For the goddess Bēlet-parṣē, his lady: Adad-nārārī (III), son of Šamšī-[Adad] (V), dedicated (this) for his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 12

(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (V), king of the world, king of Assyria, (and) son of Shalmaneser (III), king of Assyria: belonging to the facing [of the temple of (the god) Aššur].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 20

(1') [Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad V, king of Assyria], son of Shalmaneser (III), (who was) also king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2001

(1) Monument of Semiramis, the palace woman [of Šam]šī-Adad (V), king of the world, king of Assyria, mother of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Shalmaneser (III), king of the four quarters (of the world).

Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2002

(1) To the god Nabû, the heroic (and) exalted one, the son of Esagil, the wise (and) splendid one, the mighty ruler, the heir of the god Nudimmud — whose command is supreme — the one who is skilled in the arts, the one who oversees all of heaven and netherworld, the expert in everything, the wise one who can write (lit. “holder of the tablet stylus”), the learned one of the scribal art(s), the merciful (and) judicious one (5) who has the power to depopulate (and) repopulate (a country), the beloved of the god Enlil — the lord of lords, whose might has no rival, without whom there can be no…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2003

(1) Seal of Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, the governor of the city Kalḫu (and) the lands [Ḫamed]ê, Temeni, (and) Yaluna. I have trusted in you, O Nabû, let me not be put to shame!

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2004

(1) Property of Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, scribe (and) eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of the world, king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2005

(1) Property of Rēmanni-ilu, eunuch of Bēl-tarṣi-ilumma, the governor of the city Kalḫu.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2006

(1) Property of Pālil-ēreš, eunuch, the governor of the city Nēmed-Ištar (and) of the land Raṣappa.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2008 / CDLI Seals 009581

(1) Seal of [Aš]šur-bēlu-uṣur, eunuch of Pālil-ēreš, the governor of the land Raṣappa.

Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2009

(1) He gave (this) to Ištar-dūrī, eunuch of Nergal-ilāʾī (and) field marshal, his protector. Property of Bīrtāyu, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2010

(1) The god Aššur, the great lord, the king of the gods [who] decrees destinies; the god Anu, the mighty (and) foremost one, the ancestor of the great gods; the god Enlil, the father of the gods, the lord of the lands who makes kingship great; the god Ea, the wise one, the king of the apsû who grants wisdom; (5) the god Marduk, the sage of the gods, the lord of omens, the commander of all; the god Nabû, the scribe of Esagil, the possessor of the tablet of destinies of [the gods] who resolves differences; [the god] Sîn, the luminary [of heaven and netherworld], the lord of the lunar disk who…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2011

(1') [...] troops [...] the river [...] wagon, might of the fearful flood, [...] strife. Šamšī-ilu, a man (who is) fearless [in battle, ...] ... upon his steeds, the extensive river [... (5´) ...] to him and Argišti, in the midst of battle, the bow [... he (Argišti) abandoned] his camp (and) with a single horse he [disappeared]. (6-b) [...] him and the army of the land Amurru, the people of Nir... [...] evil approaching (and) rebellion becoming rife (lit. “strong”) [...] his/its meadow like a ..., like a ... [... (10´) ...] ... the blood of his warriors being shed, with redness [it dyed ...]…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2012

(1') the chief of the extensive army. (2') At that time, I built a city on the border of Baltil (Aššur), by Mount Ebiḫ, on the bank of the Tigris River, and surrounded it entirely (with a wall). I built (and) completed (it) from its foundations to its crenellations. I called the name of that city Šarru-iddina. (9') I wrote my commemorative inscription and (thus) established my name for eternity. May those who come after see this commemorative inscription of mine. May they heed my name and [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2013

(1) For (the god) Aššur, his lord, has Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal, dedicated (this) for his life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2014

(1) Property of Šamšī-ilu, the field marshal.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2015

(1) Seal of Nabû-šarru-uṣur, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

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 2017

(1) Seal of Bēl-dayyānī, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

~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].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~750 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-nerari V 1

(1') with scaling ladders and a siege ramp [... where] hostilities occurred [..., whom ...] the king, my ancestor, [had appointed] to be king [... I appointed] Marduk-šarru-uṣur to the governorship [of ...]. (5'b) [No one will appear in court and] protest, [not] with Aššur-nārārī (V) [...] Aššur-nārārī (V), king of Assyria, [has issued] a decree [concerning ...] which is in front of the city Tepata [...] established freedom from taxation (and) [gave it] to Zaza[... Grain and] straw taxes will not be collected [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 46

Chronicles Tiglath-pileser III's systematic absorption of Aramean tribes along the Tigris and Euphrates — the demographic and territorial pressure that reshaped the Levantine political map in the 730s BCE.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 50

Records Tiglath-pileser III's annexation of Unqi, Ḫatarikka, and Damascus into directly governed Assyrian provinces — the administrative mechanism behind the destruction of the Aramaean states attested in 2 Kings 15–16.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 51

Claims dominion from the Persian Gulf to Mount Damāvand, mapping the farthest eastern reach Tiglath-pileser III asserted over the Neo-Assyrian empire at its mid-8th-century territorial peak.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 01

Beginning of the Annals missing (1) Precious scion of Baltil (Aššur), beloved of the god(dess) [(DN and) Šē]rūa, ..., creation of the goddess Ninmena, who [(...)] ... for the dominion of the lands, (...) who grew up to be king, ... [(...)] governor, [(...)] ..., the one who increases voluntary offerings for ..., ... [(...)] of emblems, (5) powerful male, light of all of his people, lord of [(...) all] rulers ..., the one who overwhelms his foes, valiant man, the one who destroys [(...)] enemies, who cuts (straight) through interlocking mountains like a (taut) string and ... [...] ... Continued…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 02

Continued from text no. 1 (1) warrio[r ... who made ... bow down at his] feet [..., who] pu[t ... to the sword (lit. “weapon”), ...] circumsp[ect ...], (5) (No translation possible) Continued in text no. 3

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 03

Continued from text no. 2 (1) [... he] made [...] kiss [his feet ... mo]untains [... in/of] battle [... he (a god) made my weapon/rule greater than all of those/the kings who] sit on (royal) daises, (5) [... ci]rcumspect [..., ... exalted lio]n-dragon, [...] inhabited world. Continued in text no. 4

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 04

Continued from text no. 3 (1) At the beginning of my reign, in my first palû, in the fifth month after I sat in greatness on the throne of kingship, (the god) Aššur, my lord, encouraged me and [I marched] against (the Aramean tribes) Ḫamarānu (Ḫamrānu), Luḫuʾātu, Ḫatallu, Rubbû, Rapiqu, Ḫīrānu, (5) Rabbi-ilu, Naṣīru, Gulūsu, Nabātu, Liʾtaʾu, Raḫīqu, Kapīri, Rummulītu (Rummulūtu), Adilê, Gibrê, Ubūdu, Gurūmu, After gap, continued in text no. 5

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~735 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 1

Tiglath-pileser III 05

After gap, continued from text no. 4 (1) [... I] adorned them (statues of the gods) and they (the gods) went (back) to their land. I rebuilt th[ose] cities. I built a city on top of a tell (lit. “a heaped-up ruin mound”) called [Ḫumut]. I b[uilt (and) co]mpleted (it) from its foundations to its parapets. [Inside (it), I founded] a palace for my royal residence. I named it Kār-Aššur, set up the weapon of (the god) Aššur, my lord, therein, (and) settled the people [of (foreign) lands] conquered by me therein. [I] imposed upon them [tax (and) tribute], (and) considered them as inhabitants of…

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