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Page 1246 / 1318

~620 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

RINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 11

(1) I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, ruler who has no rival; descendant of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad: (2b)…

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~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 12

(1) I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyri[a]; son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Ass[yria]; (5) son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria; [de]s[cenda]nt of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, [governor of B]abylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad: (8) At [the beginning of] my [king]ship, when the deities Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) [Ištar] gladly placed me (10) on the th[rone of the fa]ther who had engendered me, in place of an empty lot I built…

Sîn-šarru-iškun 11

Sîn-šarru-iškun 12

Sîn-šarru-iškun 14

Sîn-šarru-iškun 15

Sîn-šarru-iškun 16

Sîn-šarru-iškun 17

Sîn-šarru-iškun 18

Sîn-šarru-iškun 20

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RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 03

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 07

RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 08

AuOr 37, 043-044 01

AuOr 37, 044-045 02

AuOr 37, 045-046 03

AuOr 37, 047 04

AuOr 37, 047-049 05

BM 091441

BRM 4, 48

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.49

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.50

CDLJ 2007/1 §3.54

CUSAS 15, 043

DUROM 2009.9

Genava 17, 031, no. 23

Iraq 06, 178, 80 + 81

MSL SS 1, 033

MSL SS 1, 083

NABU 2015/105

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RINBE 2, Nabonidus 14, ex. 01

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