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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 094

(1) Palace of [As]hurnasirpal (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: I slew lions on the Baliḫ River.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 095

(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]: I slew wild bulls on the Euphrates River.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 097

(1) Payment of Kudurru of the land [Sūḫu].

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 098

(1) To the god Enlil, king of destinies and designs, the one who makes the mountains shake, the who dwells in the Bīt-Kidmuri, the great lord, my lord: Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur: I dedicated (this) for my life so that my days might be long, my years be many, (for) the well-being of my seed (and) land.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 099

Dedicates an offering to Šarrat-Kidmuri, a goddess attested almost exclusively in Assyrian royal contexts, confirming her role in Ashurnasirpal II's dynastic piety alongside the better-known cult of Aššur.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 100

Dedicatory inscription to Ea records Ashurnasirpal II consecrating a stone object for divine protection of his reign, throne, and lineage — a concrete illustration of how Neo-Assyrian kings negotiated power through temple patronage.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 1001

One of the surviving manuscript witnesses to an Ashurnasirpal II inscription that names Tukulti-Ninurta II, anchoring the commemorative text within the tradition of Assyrian royal self-presentation at Kalḫu.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 1002

(1') [...] ... [...] with [my commemorative inscription(s) ...]

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 1003

One of the composite manuscript witnesses preserving Ashurnasirpal II's building activity, attesting the ritual language Assyrian kings used to legitimize monumental construction through divine sanction.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 1004

(1) [...] of [the ci]ty Qatnu brings wine (and) donkeys.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 101

(1) To the god Ninurta, the pow[erful one, …, …] the rites, [... whose] attack [in battle cannot be riva]lled, [..., the one who holds the bond of heaven and n]etherworld, the one who opens [springs, the one who walks the wide netherworld, (...)] the god Utulu, the lord of lords, [...], whose hands s[eized …, [...].

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 102

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria: facing slab of the palace courtyard.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 103

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world and king of Assyria: facing (slab) of the Second House/Wing/Room.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 104

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of the gods Anu and Dagān, destructive weapon of the great gods, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 105

(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.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 106

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 107

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria: ten minas.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 108

(1) Image of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 109

Labels temple property as belonging to the Bīt-Kidmuri at Kalḫu, anchoring the institutional landholdings of Ashurnasirpal II's newly built capital to his dynastic lineage across three generations.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 110

(1') [...] the temple of the Sebetti [...]

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 111

Attests Ashurnasirpal II's construction of Ištar's Nineveh temple, anchoring his reign within a three-generation dynastic lineage while documenting royal patronage of the city's chief cult.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 112

Dedicatory inscription claiming temple property for Ištar of Nineveh, linking Ashurnasirpal II's legitimacy through three generations of royal titulature to both Enlil and Aššur.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 113

Three-generation royal genealogy anchoring Ashurnasirpal II to Tukultī-Ninurta II and Adad-nārārī II, each styled vice-regent of Aššur — the titulary formula that legitimised Neo-Assyrian kingship as divinely delegated office.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 114

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-dān (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 115

Standard titulary of Ashurnasirpal II anchors his three-generation dynastic claim — Adad-nārārī II, Tukultī-Ninurta II, himself — in stone, a formulaic assertion of legitimacy typical of 9th-century Assyrian royal self-presentation.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 116

One of the royal inscriptions establishing Ashurnasirpal II's three-generation Assyrian lineage, a formulaic claim that grounded his legitimacy in an unbroken line of world-kings.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 117

(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 118

Preserves the tripartite titulary — 'appointee of Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur, king of the world' — through which Ashurnasirpal II anchored his authority in both divine appointment and dynastic descent across three generations.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 119

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 120

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: property of the temple of the god Ninurta.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 121

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: property of the temple of the god Ninurta.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 122

(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tulkultī-Ninurta (II), king of [Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of Assyria: property of the temple of the god Ninurta.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 123

Labels civic property of Kalḫu in Ashurnasirpal II's three-generation royal titulary, attesting the administrative machinery by which the Assyrian crown asserted ownership over its newly built capital.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 124

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also great king, strong king, king of the world, (and) king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 125

Anchors Ashurnasirpal II's reign in a three-generation patriline — Adad-nārārī II, Tukultī-Ninurta II, Ashurnasirpal II — asserting dynastic continuity as ideological foundation for his aggressive territorial expansion.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 126

Dedicatory inscription linking Ashurnasirpal II's three-generation Enlil-appointed lineage to the Ištar temple at Nineveh, documenting royal legitimation through divine office and cultic patronage in the early Neo-Assyrian period.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 127

Anchors Ashurnasirpal II's legitimacy in a three-generation chain of divine appointment — each king named vice-regent of Aššur — illustrating how Neo-Assyrian titulary encoded dynastic continuity as theological fact.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 128

(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), [((who was) also)] king of Assyria.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 129

A standard palace titulary of Ashurnasirpal II anchoring his legitimacy in paternal succession — one of the corpus of RIAo inscriptions (Q004583) documenting how Assyrian kings constructed royal identity in stone.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 130

Marks the palace contents of Ashurnasirpal II as sacred property of the god Ninurta, documenting the deliberate entanglement of royal and temple authority at the Assyrian court circa 875 BCE.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 131

(1) [Pa]lace 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: facing (brick) of the well of the temple of the Sebetti.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 132

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), <king of the world>, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: facing (brick) of the well of the Bīt-Kidmuri.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 133

(1) Ashurnasirpal, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur: (3b) I completed the temple of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh, my lady, from its foundation(s) to its crenellations and (then) paved (its courtyard).

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 134

(1) Ashurnasirpal, appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (II) (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur: At that time, I built the temple of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh, my lady, from its foundation(s) to its crenellations.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 135

Records Ashurnasirpal II's claim to have built the temple of Ištar of Nineveh, anchoring his legitimacy in divine patronage and a three-generation royal genealogy reaching back to Adad-nārārī II.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 136

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), <king of the world>, king of Assyria, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria: I built and constructed the temple of the goddess Ištar of Nineveh.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 137

Ownership stamp linking Ashurnasirpal II's palace archive to the Bīt-natḫi institution at Nineveh, attesting the administrative reach of Assyrian royal households beyond the capital at Kalḫu.

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 138

(1) Ashurnasirpal (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Tukultī-Ninurta (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (II), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur: (4) (As for) the five towers from the towers of the Kalkal Gate to the towers of the gates [(which one uses) when entering]the forecourt of the god Nunnamnir, [...] … [...] …

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 140 add (Ashurnasirpal II 141 add)

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirpal (II), vice-regent of Aššur, favorite of Enlil and Ninurta, beloved of Anu and Dagan, overwhelming weapon of the great gods, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Tukulti-Ninurta (II), great king, mighty king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Adad-nerari (II), likewise king of the world, king of Assyria; (3b) heroic man who acts with the help of Aššur, his lord, and has no equal among the rulers of the four world regions; marvellous shepherd, fearless in battle, towering flood-wave which has no rival; king who forces those unsubmissive to…

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~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Ashurnasirpal II 141 add

(1) Palace of Ashurnasirp[al (II), ...].

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