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~1300 BCE·Middle Babylonian

RIAo

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…

Aššur-reša-iši II 1

Aššur-reša-iši II 2001

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1002

Aššur-uballiṭ I 2

Aššur-uballiṭ I 3

Aššur-uballiṭ I 4

Aššur-uballiṭ I 5

Aššur-uballiṭ I 6

Aššur-uballiṭ I 7

Enlil-narari I 1

Enlil-narari I 1001

Eriba-Adad I 1

Eriba-Adad I 2

Eriba-Adad II 3

Ninurta-apil-Ekur 1

Ninurta-apil-Ekur 2

Puzur-Aššur III 1

Puzur-Aššur III 2

Puzur-Aššur III 3

Puzur-Aššur III 4

Puzur-Aššur III 5

Puzur-Aššur III 6add

Puzur-Aššur III 7add (formerly Enlil-naṣir I 1001)

Puzur-Aššur III 8add

Šamši-Adad III 1

Šamši-Adad III 1001

Šamši-Adad III 1002

Šamši-Adad III 1003

Šamši-Adad III 2

Šamši-Adad IV 2

Šamši-Adad IV 4

Šamši-Adad IV 5

Shalmaneser I 01

Shalmaneser I 02

Shalmaneser I 03

Shalmaneser I 04

Shalmaneser I 05

Shalmaneser I 06

Shalmaneser I 07

Shalmaneser I 08

Shalmaneser I 10

Shalmaneser I 1006

Shalmaneser I 1008

Shalmaneser I 1009

Shalmaneser I 11

Shalmaneser I 12

Shalmaneser I 13

Shalmaneser I 14

Shalmaneser I 15