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~1300 BCE·Middle Babylonian

Achaemenid Persian

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…

Arik-din-ili 7

Arik-din-ili 8

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1001

Aššur-rem-nišešu 1002

Aššur-reša-iši I 1001

Aššur-reša-iši I 1005

Aššur-reša-iši I 1006

BE 04, 238

HSS 14, 028

Puzur-Aššur III 1001

Tiglath-pileser I 07

Tiglath-pileser I 1001

Tiglath-pileser I 1007

Tiglath-pileser I 1008

Tiglath-pileser I 1009

Tiglath-pileser I 1010

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1002

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1004

Tukulti-Ninurta I 1006

Tukulti-Ninurta I 40

Tukulti-Ninurta I 42

Adad-narari I 47

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

Aššur-bel-kala 11

Aššur-bel-kala 12

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

Aššur-dan II 2

Aššur-dan II 3

Aššur-dan II 4

Aššur-dan II 5

Aššur-dan II 6

Aššur-nadin-ahhe II 2

Aššur-nadin-apli 1

Aššur-nadin-apli 2

Aššur-nadin-apli 3