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~900 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Adad-nerari II 7

Attests the royal titulary of Adad-nārārī II — 'king of the world, king of Assyria' — and anchors his lineage through Aššur-dān II to Tiglath-pileser II, fixing the dynastic continuity of the early Neo-Assyrian restoration.

LawMythology

~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Ashurnasirpal II 060

One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BCE), preserved in the RIAo corpus as a witness to the formulaic and historical record of early Neo-Assyrian kingship.

LawMythology

~875 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Ashurnasirpal II 061

One of the surviving royal inscriptions of Ashurnasirpal II, whose annals collectively document the territorial expansion and brutal suppression campaigns that defined early Neo-Assyrian imperial statecraft.

LawMythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, pl. 33

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, pl. 33. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, Pl. X

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, Pl. X. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, pl. XII

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, pl. XII. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, pl. XVIII

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, pl. XVIII. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, pl. XX

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, pl. XX. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, pl. XXIX

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, pl. XXIX. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

liver omens, tb. XVII (K.12792)

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — liver omens, tb. XVII (K.12792). No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Solar Omens, pl. IX-X

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Solar Omens, pl. IX-X. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Solar Omens, pl. V

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Solar Omens, pl. V. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Mythology

~760 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Venus pl. 4

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC)) — Venus pl. 4. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~700 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 4.0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Between 1845 and 1851 CE, Sir Austen Henry Layard uncovered the cuneiform library of King Assurbanipal in Nineveh. These texts, most of which dated to the 7th century BCE, were brought back to the Bri

EconomyDaily Life

~695 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Sennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)

One of the rare cuneiform texts that explicitly cross-references the Hebrew Bible: the same historical event narrated by both sides. The Taylor Prism gives us the Assyrian view of a moment the biblical authors framed as divine deliverance. It is also a masterpiece of imperial propaganda — the prismatic shape allows the text to be read on six faces, the cuneiform is meticulous, the rhetoric calibrated to terrify potential rebels.

Writing & LiteratureLaw

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

[... ... ...] I ask you, O Shamash, great lord, / [whether, as with] the name-day(?) before [Esarhaddon, king of Assyria], / [from] the beginning of the year of its rising until [the month of Du'uzu of that year], / [at its rising], on ... days of darkness — [the appointed time being set —] / [will they take] the road [of the journey] and [go to the land of Muṣri]? / [Will they safely] come to Nineveh [and ... ... ...]? / [Stand present] in this [ram] / [and give me] a reliable [Yes: favorable omens, favorable signs of] your [great] divinity, / [so that I may see (it)] / [... ... ...] ... [... ... ...]

Mythology

~675 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

[...] ... [...] [...] ... his [...] (blank) [...] [Aside from the fact that ...] the forces of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, [...] [Aside from the fact that ...] the hardships of the previous journey have [made him ill /] overcome him — [Aside from the fact that ... an evil god(?),] the evil [wrath of] Ishtar [...] [Aside from the fact that the ritually impure have touched] the sacrificial animals [of the rites,] [or have obstructed] the performance of [the rites,] [Aside from the fact that, being impure, they have seized the omens by] divination [and have been unable to perform them,] [Aside from the fact that in a (ritually) impure place] they [have performed the divination]

Mythology

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

1. In the month of Ab, if the Storm-god raises his voice and the sky is overcast, the sky pours down rain, lightning flashes, [and] waters are held back in the underground spring — 1. If in a day without clouds the Storm-god cries out, darkness: ditto. Famine will be in the land. Because of this unfavorable body-sign, the king, my lord, should not speak from his heart [i.e., speak out / act on impulse]. This illness belongs to that year. As many of the people as are ill — all [will be] well. Turn back [to favor], O king my lord: he who fears the gods, those [gods] day and night the gods intercede for him […]

Astronomy & MathematicsMythology

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

[To the king, our lord,] / [your servants Balasî] / [and Nabû-aḥḥē-erība.] / [May there be well-being] for the king [our lord.] / [May Nabû (and)] Marduk bless the king / our lord. / Concerning the journey to the city [NN] / about which the king our lord / sent word to us: / if the king is at Eanna / in the month of Tishri (month VII), it is propitious / for the journey. / Or else the king may say: / 'No, [I will not …]' / [They] said [(to us):] / 'This month, / the road / is clear; / let it be released (for travel). / The month of arrival — / let the king go! / Let the ground be kissed. / Let sacrifices / be performed.'

Daily LifeMythologyAstronomy & Mathematics

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

[May Nabû (and) Marduk] bless [the king, my lord]. [Concerning the planet] Mars, [about which the king, my lord] sent me a message: [The king, my lord] does not know [how/when ... ] ... it is — [... ] ... [Within the constellation] Virgo it moves, [the 'leap' of] the locust — [... ] ... ... [It] bears [radi]ance. [... evil/ominous for] Subartu. [... ] these we remove. [The namburbi-ritual and] the lifted-hand prayers [before the planet Mars —] [... ] constantly/regularly. [The ritual performance:] there is no [sin/fault]. [May the heart] [of the king, my lo]rd [be glad ... ]

Daily LifeMythologyAstronomy & Mathematics

~670 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

To the king, our lord, your servants Adad-šumu-uṣur (and) Marduk-šakin-šumi: may there be well-being for the king, our lord; may Nabû (and) Marduk bless the king, our lord. Concerning the personnel of the king, our lord, about whom he wrote to us: 'Is it not you who are holding (them) back? Which (ones) of the first group have come out? The second group, who have not yet performed (their duty) — let them come out tomorrow and perform (it).' The king, our lord, knows which (ones) of the first group have performed (their duty) (and) which (ones) of the first group have not performed (their duty). We ourselves — how should we know? May (they) proceed under the protection of the king, the lord; may Nabû lead (them) out (and) let them perform (their duty).

Daily LifeMythologyAstronomy & Mathematics

~665 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

To the king, my lord: your servant Nergal-šarrani. May there be peace for the king, my lord. May Nabû and Marduk bless the king, my lord, exceedingly. This month, on this very day, I have been ill since the house [where I fell sick]. It is a colic — that is what it is. Since the house where it seized me, the physicians examined [me]; they diagnosed [it as] colic. [They said:] 'The hand of Venus [is upon you] — you are sick. [It is] because of the heat of the fire that I am afraid. Without the king I cannot act.' Now, therefore, I have written to the king, my lord. By the word of the king, let [a remedy] be chosen; let [it] be performed. May [my] illness be made to pass.

Daily LifeMythology

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Ashurbanipal 001

Documents Ashurbanipal's forced resettlement of conquered populations into Egypt and the Levantine town of Qirbit — a concrete case of Assyrian demographic engineering as an instrument of imperial control.

LawMythology

~655 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

The lawsuit of Aššur-šallim against Ṣalmu-aḫḫē, which Šulmu-šarreš, his servant, brought on behalf of Aššur-šallim — they pleaded it before Šēp-šarri, the governor. The governor imposed a fine of 1½ minas of silver. Ṣalmu-aḫḫē paid 1 mina of silver to Aššur-šallim. [Should one reopen the lawsuit] between them, he shall pay 10 minas of silver to Aššur [and Šamaš], his lord-of-judgment. [Aššur], lord-of-his-judgment — Month IV (Du'ūzu), eponym of Aššur-šumu-kēn. Witnessed by: Libūsu; Nabû-aḫu-uṣur; Išdu-Nabû (or: Ištarēnu) son of Lā-qēpu; Il-qīsu. Nabû-aya [scribe].

LawEconomy

~650 BCE·Neo-AssyrianEditorial

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

The single most important literary discovery of the 19th century. It rewired the understanding of the Bible's literary context and proved that the Mesopotamian flood tradition is older. It is the oldest surviving epic poetry in human history.

MythologyWriting & Literature

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

Venus pl. 3-4

Catalogue entry from CDLI (Neo-Babylonian (ca. 626-539 BC)) — Venus pl. 3-4. No scholarly translation has been published; the transliteration is from the ATF (CDLI's Atf-Friendly format).

Astronomy & Mathematics

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Script Announcing Nebuchadnezzar's Capture of Jerusalem

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Script Announcing Nebuchadnezzar's Capture of Jerusalem Mesopotamia 1500-539 BC Gallery, British Museum, London, England, UK. Complete indexed photo collection at WorldHisto

EconomyDaily Life

~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianEditorial

Cuneiform cylinder- inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing restorations at Babylon MET ME86 11 282

Tablet image sourced from Wikimedia Commons (CC0). No scholarly translation referenced in source metadata. Source description: Babylonian; Cuneiform cylinder; Clay-Tablets-Inscribed

EconomyDaily Life

~539 BCE·Achaemenid PersianEditorial

Cyrus Cylinder

Often called the world's first declaration of human rights — a 20th-century characterization that overstates its scope; it is, more accurately, a typical Mesopotamian royal accession text framed as Marduk's restoration of order. But its references to religious tolerance and the return of exiled peoples (which the Hebrew Bible echoes in describing the end of the Babylonian Exile) have made it one of the most politically resonant cuneiform artifacts ever recovered.

Adad-nerari II 7

Ashurnasirpal II 060

Ashurnasirpal II 061

liver omens, pl. 33

liver omens, Pl. X

liver omens, pl. XII

liver omens, pl. XVIII

liver omens, pl. XX

liver omens, pl. XXIX

liver omens, tb. XVII (K.12792)

Solar Omens, pl. IX-X

Solar Omens, pl. V

Venus pl. 4

Gilgamesh Tablet XI.svg

Sennacherib's Annals (Taylor Prism)

SAA 04 085. Fragment Similar to No. 84 [military and political]

SAA 04 207. Fragment Referring to Hardships of Travel [miscellaneous]

SAA 08 001. Thunder in Ab, King Ill (RMA 257) [weather]

SAA 10 044. Timing a Journey of the King (ABL 1141+) [from astrologers]

SAA 10 206. Prayers and Rituals against Retrograding Mars (ABL 1401) [from exorcists]

SAA 10 259. Who to Come out Next? (ABL 0364) [from exorcists]

SAA 13 073. Complaint of Sickness (ABL 0203)

Ashurbanipal 001

SAA 14 107. A Court Decision on Behalf of Aššur-šallim (*638-IV) (ADD 0163)

Epic of Gilgamesh, Tablet XI (the Flood)

Venus pl. 3-4

Clay Tablet with Cuneiform Script Announcing Nebuchadnezzar's Capture of Jerusalem

Cuneiform cylinder- inscription of Nebuchadnezzar II describing restorations at Babylon MET ME86 11 282

Cyrus Cylinder

Astronomical tablet BM 32234

Clay tablet. The cuneiform text mentions the murder of Xerxes I (r. 485-465 BCE) by his son and a lunar eclipse (609-447 BCE). From Babylon, Iraq. British Museum

Cuneiform tablet- account of aromatics, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 118

Cuneiform tablet- account of date disbursement, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 172

Cuneiform tablet- account of dates as imittu-rent, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 65

Cuneiform tablet- account of dates as irbu-revenue, Ebabbar archive MET ME79 7 38

Cuneiform tablet- account of rent payment of pomegranates, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 165

Cuneiform tablet- account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 26

Cuneiform tablet- account of silver disbursements, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 36

Cuneiform tablet- account record, inventory, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 34

Cuneiform tablet- account regarding temple sheep, Ebabbar archive MET ME86 11 198

Cuneiform tablet- account statement, Egibi archive MET ME79 1 21

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266810

Cuneiform tablet- Atra-hasis, Babylonian flood myth MET 266811

Cuneiform tablet- declaration before witnesses, archive of Iddin-Nabu and Shellebi MET ME86 11 147

Cuneiform tablet- declaration before witnesses, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 32

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of a receipt for silver MET vsz86.11.477b

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an accounting record MET ME86 11 339

Cuneiform tablet- fragment of an accounting record (?) MET vs86 11 482a

Cuneiform tablet- Gula incantation MET hb86 11 130

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of archers for military service, Ebabbar archive MET DP239004