Chapter 00 · 1400 – 1077 BCE
Middle Assyrian
Aššur's first imperial expansion.
~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 40
Marks Adad-nārārī I as builder of Aššur's Tigris quay wall, anchoring his public-works program in the archaeological and epigraphic record of early Middle Assyrian urban infrastructure.
In plain English
This is the mark of Adad-nārārī I, overseer and son of Arik-dīn-ili, who was also overseer. The brick bearing this inscription was made for the facing of the quay wall along the Tigris River.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), overseer, son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also overseer: (brick) belonging to the facing (of the quay wall), which faces the (Tigris) River.”
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/Q005777/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 41
In plain English
This is the palace of Adad-nārārī I, king of the world. His father was Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, and his grandfather was Enlil-nārārī, who was likewise king of Assyria.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(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.”
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/Q005778/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 42
In plain English
Adad-nārārī I, vice-regent of the god Aššur, refaced the drainage openings in the wall of Aššur's temple — the wall that faces the gardens of the upper... The inscription breaks off there; whatever stood beyond the gardens is lost.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(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 ...”
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/Q005779/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 43
In plain English
A brick stamped with the name of Adad-nārārī I, who identifies himself as overseer and son of Arik-dīn-ili, also overseer. The inscription marks the brick as belonging to a building — most likely a palace — in the city of Ša-ama, though the city name breaks off there and the rest is lost.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), overseer, son of Arik-dīn-ili, overseer: (brick) belonging to the city Ša-ama...”
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/Q005780/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 44
A palace inscription of Adad-nārārī I asserting the title 'king of the world' — early epigraphic evidence of Assyrian kings adopting the universal-sovereignty rhetoric previously claimed by Babylonian and Akkadian rulers.
In plain English
This is the palace of Adad-nārārī I, king of the world and son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world, son of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria.”
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/Q005781/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 45
In plain English
This is the palace of Adad-nārārī I, overseer and son of Arik-dīn-ili, who was likewise overseer.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), overseer, son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also overseer.”
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/Q005782/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 46
In plain English
This is the palace of Adad-nārārī I, king of the world.
AI-generated reading paraphrase; compare with the translation below.
“(1) Palace of Adad-nārārī (I), king of the world.”
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/Q005783/
Read the full tablet entry~1300 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Adad-narari I 47
“(1) Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur.”
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/Q005784/
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