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~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 (minus) a quarter, deficient, of silver — from Tātê-bīt-ibni, the field of Talīmu is at his charge. Arad-ia, the field of Mudu, in the month of Simanu — the silver, the silver: 3 shekels (minus) a quarter, deficient. In the city of Gādibê he shall pay. Witnesses: Tabnê-a, the field of Enlil-bāni; Mašê, the field of Šamaš-zēr-ibni; Šamaš-rēsūsu, the field of Balāṭu and the temple administrator (šangû). Rīmūt-Mašê, the field of Ḫamšâ-tātê-bīt-ibni. City of Gādibê. Month of Addaru, the 29th day. Year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, [king] of the lands.

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~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine

CUSAS 15, 184

6 gur 1 PI of barley, belonging to Tattannu, the field of Talim — charged to [his] maintenance account. The field of Ina-gissu-šarri — in the barley month at [the rate of] 5 gur 1 PI he shall deliver. Witness: Tattannu, the field of Enlil-mussum, the shepherd; the field of Muggub-Adad-mukil; the field of Adad-adgub, the leather-worker. Scribe: BA, son of Qatibat. Month I (Nisannu), day 5, year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, king of the lands.

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