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~1300 BCE·Middle Babylonian

RIAo

Arik-din-ili 7

(1) Palace of Arik-dīn-ili, king of Assyria, son of Enlil-nārārī, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), king of Assyria.

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~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Arik-din-ili 8

(1') [...] ... he brought [...], 100 of their sheep, 100 of their oxen [...] to (his) city, Aššur. (4'b) At that time, [...] ... 7,000 storage-containers, in their mouths/by their command, in front of [...] ... a large battering-ram, he made. Arik-dīn-ili [...] … he gave his gift to the goddess Ištar [... for] his life [...]. (9') [...] powerful, Arik-dīn-ili carried off the harvest of Esini [...]. He killed Esini, 33 chariots of ... [...] with the .... Arik-dīn-ili led in [...] ... of his chariots. The chariots [... the city Ar]nuna of the land Nigimḫi, the fortress of the land ... [...] he…

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Ashurnasirpal I 1

Ashurnasirpal I 1001

Aššur-bel-kala 02

Aššur-bel-kala 03

Aššur-bel-kala 04

Aššur-bel-kala 05

Aššur-bel-kala 06

Aššur-bel-kala 07

Aššur-bel-kala 10

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Aššur-bel-kala 2001

Aššur-bel-kala 2002

Aššur-bel-nišešu 1

Aššur-bel-nišešu 1001

Aššur-dan I 1

Aššur-dan I 2001

Aššur-dan II 1

Aššur-dan II 1001

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Aššur-dan II 6

Aššur-nadin-ahhe II 2

Aššur-nadin-apli 1

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Aššur-narari I 01

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Aššur-narari I 03

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Aššur-narari I 05

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Aššur-narari I 08

Aššur-narari I 09

Aššur-rabi I 1

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1001

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1002

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1006

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Aššur-reša-iši I 07

Aššur-reša-iši I 08