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Page 1322 / 1432

~675 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

RINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2002

(1') [...] ... [...] that house [...] ..., the tomb of Ešar<ra>-ḫammat, his wife, ... [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2004

Lacuna? (1') [...] king [... Zakūtu/Naqīʾa ... wi]fe ... [... Sennach]erib, king of the world, [king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Sargon (II), king of the world, k]ing of [Assyria, mother of Esar]haddon, king of the world (and) king of [Assyria]; (6') [the gods Aššur, Sîn], Šamaš, Nabû, and Marduk, Ištar of Nineveh, (and) [Ištar of Arbela] glad[ly placed Esarha]ddon, my offspring, upon the throne of his father, [... whose] good ... [...] they made pre-[eminent ...] who marched [... from the] Upper [Sea] to the Low[er] Sea (and) who does not [have] an equal (therein); (and) who flattened his…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2005

(1) To the goddess Bēlet-Ninūa, who resides in Emašm[aš], great queen, her lady: (2b) Naqīʾa, wife of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, commissioned a pectoral of red gold, which was inlaid with precious stone(s) weighing 3 3/4 minas. (6) She presented and dedicated (this object) for the preservation of the life of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, her son, and for her own life, for the stability of her reign, (and for) the well-being of her offspring.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2006

(r 1) To the queen, the goddess Mullissu, who resides in Ešarra, great queen, her lady: (r 2) Zakūtu, wife of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, mother of Esarhaddon, king of the world (and) king of Assyria, commissioned a gold ... that was inlaid with obsidian, [...]-stone, carnelian, pappardilû-stone, papparminu-stone, [...]-stone, (and) lapis lazuli weighing 1 1/2 minas. (r 7b) She presented [and dedicated] (this object) for the preservation of (the life of) Esar[haddon, her son], and for her own life, for the…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2007

(1) To the god(dess) D[N]: (2) Zakūtu, wife of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, dedicated (this object) for the (long) )life of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, her son, and for her (long) life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2008

(1) [To the goddess Bē]let-Bābili, her lady: (2) [N]aqīʾa, wife of Sennach[er]ib, king of Assyria, daughter-in-law of Sargon (II), king of Assyria, mother of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, presented (this object) for the preservation of the life of her son and for her (long) life.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 4

Esarhaddon 2009

(1) Naqīʾa, wife of Senna[cherib (...)].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianSAA 16

SAA 16 021. Treacherous Astrologers (Iraq 34 21)

(1) To the king, m[y] lord: your servant Šamaš-šumu-ukin. Good health to the king, my lord! May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord. (5) Šaridu (and) Nabû-ahhe-ereš, citizens of Babylon, (and) Bel-iddina, a citizen of Borsippa, have sent me the (following) letter: (9) "The king concluded a treaty with us concerning you: 'Tell your lord whatever you hear!' Now, Bel-eṭir (and) Šamaš-zeru-iqiša have neglected the order the king gave them (and) are acting on their own. Aplaya, whom the king sent (with the command): 'Go (and) set up sanctuaries in Babylon!', has made common cause with them.…

Esarhaddon 2002

Esarhaddon 2004

Esarhaddon 2005

Esarhaddon 2006

Esarhaddon 2007

Esarhaddon 2008

Esarhaddon 2009

SAA 16 021. Treacherous Astrologers (Iraq 34 21)

SAA 16 042. Governor Appropriates a Royal Gift (ABL 0415)

SAA 16 045. Complaints from Naṣibina (ABL 1371)

SAA 16 061. Partial Duplicate of No. 60 (CT 53 938)

SAA 16 075. A Crime Committed (CT 53 954)

SAA 16 077. Instructions for a Battle (CT 53 958)

SAA 16 091. Candidates for Courtiers (ABL 0875)

SAA 16 092. Drink on the Accounts! (ABL 0874)

SAA 16 110. (no title) (CT 53 960)

SAA 16 133. Fragment Referring to Damascus (ABL 1421)

SAA 16 148. Deserters from Mannea Sent to the Crown Prince (ABL 0434)

SAA 16 156. Fragment Referring to Akkad (CT 53 972)

SAA 16 164. Explaining Asakku (CT 53 952)

SAA 16 167. Fragment of a Medical Report (CT 53 855)

SAA 16 180. (no title) (ABL 1399)

Esarhaddon 118 / CDLI Seals 006507

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 08 007. Evening Last of Mars at Month’s End (RMA 021) [planetary]

SAA 08 019. Full Moon on 14th Day (RMA 152) [lunar]

SAA 08 083. New Moon on 1st Day, Mercury Visible (RMA 055) [planetary, lunar]

SAA 08 112. Gemini and Perseus in Lunar Halo (MelGar 129) [planetary]

SAA 08 126. New Moon on 30th Day (ABL 0819) [lunar]

SAA 08 138. (no title) (ABL 0824) [unclassifiable]

SAA 08 157. Morning First of Mercury (RMA 217) [planetary]

SAA 08 234. Hemerology for Ab 27-29 (CT 53 916) [calendrical]

SAA 08 307. Scorpius in Lunar Halo (RMA 108) [planetary]

SAA 08 334. Meteor (RMA 201) [occasional]

SAA 08 338. Morning Last of Venus in Kislev (RMA 210) [planetary]

SAA 08 372. New Moon on 1st Day (RMA 017) [lunar]

SAA 08 381. Mercury in Sagittarius (RMA 227) [planetary]

SAA 08 387. Mars Stationary in Scorpius (RMA 033) [weather]

SAA 08 388. Predicting an Eclipse of the Moon (RMA 273) [eclipses]

SAA 08 399. Occultation of Virgo(?) (RMA 245) [planetary]

SAA 08 447. The Moon Will not Make an Eclipse (RMA 052) [eclipses]

SAA 08 454. Mercury Sighted in Pleiades (RMA 218) [planetary]

SAA 08 469. Eclipse of the Moon, Occultation of Jupiter (RMA 235A) [eclipses]

SAA 08 502. Planetary Omens, Prediction of Eclipses (RMA 272) [eclipses]

SAA 08 536. Last Visibility of Venus in Pleiades (RMA 205A) [planetary]

SAA 10 001. Enthroning a Substitute King (ABL 0332) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 002. The Substitute King Reveals a Conspiracy (ABL 0223) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 004. Substitute King Ascends Throne in Akkad (CT 53 206) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 005. Auspicious Days for Treaty Ceremonies (ABL 0384) [from astrologers]