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~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 16

(1) For the goddess Tašmētu, the goddess of acceptance and reconciliation, heroic one of the gods, sublime one of [goddesses], wife of the god Nabû — the firstborn son — who is endowed with sexual charm (and) filled with awe-insp[iring brilliance], the one who controls the Igīgū (and) Anunnakū gods, the one who directs everything there is, the one who accepts sup[plications, the one who] saves the ruler who reveres [her divinity] from the midst of combat and battle, (5) supreme [go]ddess, the one who resides in Baltil (Aššur), the great lady, [his] lady: (6) Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king,…

LawReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 17

(1) For (the goddess) Antu, lady of the go[ds, ...], the one who created everything there i[s, ...], who resides in the city Aššur, the grea[t] lady, [his lady]: (3b) [S]în-[šarra-iškun, king of Assyria]; son of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria; son of Esar[haddon, king of] Assyria; son of [Sennacherib, king of Assyria]; had a table made of musukkannu-wood, a durable wood, and clad (it) with shining eš[marû-metal], and (then) had (it) firmly placed before her (Antu) to set out pure meal(s) befitting [her] di[vinity] so that [her] great divin[ity] may constantly (and) unceasingly receive (meals)…

LawReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 18

(1) [For the goddess Šala], supreme [lad]y, wife of the god Adad — the majestic, the runner, the roaring one — [...] the great gods who determine the <fat>es of flood water, the one who creates everything, [who ...] grain and abundance, who supports life for the people, who keeps everything alive, [who exterminates] all of the wicked, who rips out all enemies, who marches at the side of the king — [he]r favorite — [...] might[y] victories, who inte[rce]des on (his) behalf, who speaks favorable thing(s) (about him), [who resides i]n Baltil (Aššur), the great lady, [his lady]: (7b)…

LawReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 19

Preserves the titulary of Sîn-šarru-iškun — Assyria's penultimate king — attesting the full Sargonid divine-election formula invoked even as Nineveh stood fewer than a decade from its fall in 612 BCE.

LawReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 20

(1) Palace of Sîn-šarra-iškun.

LawReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 2001

(1) [Belonging to Ana-Taš]mētu-taklāk, queen of [..., (...,) king of Assyria].

LawReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5

Sîn-šarru-iškun 21

(1) Palace of Sîn-šarra-iškun, [great] king, [...], (who was) also king of Assyria.

LawReligion & Myth
~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 067

3 shekels less a quarter of silver, which Tātê-bīt-ibni has lent — the interest-bearing loan of Talīmu is upon (his account). Arad-ia, the loan of Mūdu, in the month of Simānu — the silver, the silver: 3 shekels less a quarter. In the city of Gādibê he shall pay (it). Witnesses: Tabnî-Ea, son of Enlil-bāni; Mašê, son of Šamaš-zēr-ibni; Šamaš-uṣur, son of Balāṭu; and the temple-administrator Rīmūt-Mašê, son of Ḫamšâ-tātê-bīt-ibni. City of Gādibê, month of Addaru, day 29. Year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, [king] of the lands.

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~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 184

6 kor 1 PI of barley-grain, belonging to Tattannu, the share belonging to Talim, charged against [his] life/subsistence, the share belonging to Ina-gissu-šarri — in the month of barley-harvest at [the rate of] 5 kor 1 PI he shall pay. Witness: Tattannu, son of Enlil-musum, the shepherd; son of Mugub-Adad-mukīl; son of Adad-adgub, the leather-worker. Scribe: BA, son of Aqat-ibat. Month I (Nisannu), day 5, year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, king of the lands.

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