Chapter 07 · 911 – 609 BCE
Neo-Assyrian
Empire, library, terror, scholarship.
~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 076
“(1) [I rece[ived the paym[ent of ...]: silver, gold, t[in], bronze, bronze tubs, bronze [...], bron[ze …, …, (and) linen garme]nts with multi-colored trim.”
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/Q004530/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 077
“(1) I rec[eived] a herd of elephants raised in a city, a herd of wild bulls ra[ised in] a city, a herd [of …, (and) … ] ...”
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/Q004531/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 079
“(1) [... ; pay]ment of the pe[ople of] the city Ḫindānu; [...; payme]nt [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/Q004533/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 080
“(1) Captives of Sangara, a man of the land Ḫatti.”
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/Q004534/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 081
“(1) Battle against the city Marinâ of Bīt-Adini.”
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/Q004535/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 082
“(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: captives of the city El(l)ipi of the land Ḫat[ti].”
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/Q004536/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 083
“(1) I conquered the city [Magar]isu of Bīt-Yaḫiri.”
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/Q004537/
Read the full tablet entry~875 BCE · Reconstructed composite — see ORACC entry for manuscript witnesses
Ashurnasirpal II 084
“(1) Payment of the people of the city Sarugi.”
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/Q004538/
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