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Page 1260 / 1573

~760 BCE

·Neo-Assyrian

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Nimrud NW Palace zzz001 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add411

(obverse, fragmentary) [...] the anci[ent] city Kalhu [which Shalmaneser, king of Assyria, a prince who preceded me, had built ...] [...] the land Zamua to [its] full ext[ent ...] [...] a palace of cedar [...] [... be]asts of the mountains and of the sea[s (in white limestone and alabaster I fashioned and stationed at its gates) ...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

Nimrud NW Palace zzz010 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add413

(obverse, fragmentary) [... Ashurnasirpal (II)], strong [king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II), great king, [strong] king, [...] [... king of all] the four quarters, who has no rival, [...] [... mighty] flood, who has no [opponent, ...] [...] ... (traces only) [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianOur engine

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. add78

[Sh]almaneser, great [king, strong king], king of the universe, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (II), [great king,] strong king, king of the universe, king of [Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II)], (who was) also king of the universe and king of Assyria: brick[work] of the ziggurat [of Kalhu].

Nimrud NW Palace zzz001 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add411

Nimrud NW Palace zzz010 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add413

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. add78

AMT pl. 027 03

AMT pl. 094 08

ArOr 37, 473-521

BA 10/1, 082

BAM 5, 450

BM 091439

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 008

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 017

CDLI Literary 002701.01, ex. 018

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 006

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 008

CDLI Literary 002701.02, ex. 009

CDLI Literary 002701.04, ex. 002

CDLI Literary 002701.05, ex. 012

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 034

CDLI Literary 002718.01, ex. 035

CDLI Seals 001377 (physical)

CT 18, pl. 15, K 10089

CT 18, pl. 20, K 11409 +

CT 18, pl. 21, K 11191 +

CT 18, pl. 21, Sm 1744

CT 18, pl. 24, 1879-07-08, 038 +

CT 18, pl. 25, K 07719

CT 18, pl. 25, K 13579

CT 18, pl. 25, K 13585 +

CT 18, pl. 26, K 10014

CTN 4, 218

First Impressions 75ff.

Fs Lenoble 172, no. 54

Fs Lenoble 172, no. 55

IMJ 87.160.0756

K 10035

K 13627

K 14114

K 14912

K 15340

K 17523

LTBA 2, 9a-b? +

MSL 12, 092 B'

MSL 12, 092 O

MSL 12, 092 Q

MSL 12, 115 D

Nimrud NW Palace zzz002 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add407

Nimrud NW Palace zzz014 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add418

Nimrud NW Palace zzz015 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add419

OT 17 K 11039

OT 21 K 12550