Chapter 00 · 1400 – 1077 BCE

Middle Assyrian

Aššur's first imperial expansion.

~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-nadin-apli 3

“(1) [Palace of Aššur]-nādin-apli, king of [...].”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q006659/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 01

“(1) Aššur-nārārī (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Išme-Dagān (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, builder of the temple of the god Bēl-ibrīya.”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005686/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 02

“(1) Aššur-nārārī (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Išme-Dagān (II), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur, the one who renovated of the Abaru Forecourt.”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005687/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 03

“(1) [A]ššur-nārārī (I), [vice]-regent of the god Aššur, [son of] Išme-Dagān (II), builder of the temple of the gods Sîn [and] Šamaš.”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005688/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 04

“(1) [Aššur-nā]rā[rī (I), vice-regent of] the god A[ššur, son of Išme]-Da[gān (II), (who was) also vice]-regent of the god A[ššur, (5) built] the upper and lower wall of the Step Gate [for] his [life] and the well-being of [his city. (I deposited my clay cone (therein))]. (8b) [May] a f[uture rul]er [...]”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005689/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 05

“(1) [Aššur-nārārī (I)], vice-[regent of the god Aššur], son of Iš[me-Dagān (II), (who was) also] vice-regent [of the god Aššur, (5) built] the wall of [...] for [his] life [and the well-being of his city].”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005690/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 06

“(1) [Aššur]-nārārī (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, [son of Išme]-Dagān (II), [vice-regent of] the god Aššur, (5) built a wall [for his life] and the well-being of [his city]. I deposited [my clay cone (therein)].”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005691/

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~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses

Aššur-narari I 07

“(1) [Aššur-nārā]rī (I), [vice-regent of] the god Aššur, [son of Išme]-Dagān (II), (who was) also [vice regent of the god] Aššur, (5) [...] ...”

Source: Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo), Munich Open-access Cuneiform Corpus Initiative (MOCCI), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München; in association with the RINAP Project, University of Pennsylvania. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005692/

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