Neo-Assyrian

“(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (III), 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/Q004725/

“(1') [I dedicated this for ...] and my life [(...)]. (2') [(As for) a future ruler who ... The gods Aššur] and Adad [will (then) listen to his] prayers. (3') [(As for) whoever] puts [my inscription in] another place, [... may ..., the gods of] heaven and netherworld, [destroy him].”

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/Q004726/

“(1) Shal[maneser (III)], king of the world, king [of Assyria], son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king [of Assyria], son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), [(who was) also] king of Assyria: builder of the Tabira Gate.”

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/Q004706/

“(1) For the deity [..., ...: ...] strong king, king of the world, king of [Assyria, son of ..., ...], great king, strong king, [king of the world, king of Assyria (...)]. (4) In [my] accession year [..., I crossed the ... River], which was in flood, [...] in ... [...] ... [...]”

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/Q004732/

“(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (III), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: facing of the temple of the gods Anu and Adad.”

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/Q004707/

“(1) Shalmaneser (III), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, builder of the courtyard 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/Q004708/

“(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (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/Q004709/

A titulary inscription of Shalmaneser III anchoring three generations of Assyrian kingship — Tukultī-Ninurta II, Ashurnasirpal II, Shalmaneser III — in the legitimising chain of patrilineal succession central to neo-Assyrian royal ideology.

“(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (III), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (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/Q004710/