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(1) [Belong]ing to Adad-[nār]ārī (I), the king.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & MythTo Meštu speak: thus (says) Arrumti: All the honey that you made today, and the 1 dallu-jar of oil that is placed in the outer room — give (them), and let them bring (them) to me.
Daily LifeEconomy(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth[...] ... 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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth[... 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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth[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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (IV), (who was) also king of Assyria.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) Palace of Aššur-bēl-kala, great king, king of the world, king of Assyria.
Writing & Literature(1) Palace of Aššur-bēl-k[ala, ...] ...
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1) [Palace of Aššur-d]ān (I), [king of] Assyria, [son of Ninurta-ap]il-Ekur, (who was) also [king of] Assyria.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(1') the great gods [...], son of Aššur-rēša-i[ši (II), ...]
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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 & LiteratureReligion & Myth(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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