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Shalmaneser I 21
(1) For the god Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, dedicated (this door socket).
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 22
(1) For the god Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur. (5) He dedicated (this mace head) for his life, the safe-keeping of his seed, (and) the well-being of his land.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 23
(1) For (the god) Aššur, his lord: Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, dedicated (this gold/silver disc). Belonging to the ziggurat.
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Shalmaneser I 24
Dedicatory formula naming Šalmaneser I as vice-regent of Aššur fixes his ideological programme: royal authority derived from Aššur, exercised in service to Ištar — a pairing central to Middle Assyrian kingship theology.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 25
(1) Belonging to the temple of the god Aššur. Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, son of Adad-nārārī (I), [(who was) also] king of the world, [made (it) at his tākultu].
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 26
(1) [Belonging to the temple of the god Ašš]ur. Shalmaneser (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of [Adad-nār]ārī (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur, [made (it)] at [his] tākultu.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 27
(1) [Belonging to the temple of the god Aššur. Belonging to] the third tākultu of Shalmaneser (I), the overseer. [Shalmaneser (I), son of] Adad-nārārī (I), (and) son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also the overseer, made (it).
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Shalmaneser I 28
Labels a brick from the Courtyard of Emblems, giving Shalmaneser I's filiation through Adad-nārārī I — architectural epigraphy that anchors the physical layout of a 13th-century Assyrian royal precinct.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 29
(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, restorer of Emašmaš, temple of the goddess Ištar, his lady, in Nineveh.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 30
(1) Palace of [Shalmaneser], king of the world, king of [Assyria], son of Adad-nārārī (I), [...]
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Shalmaneser I 31
Royal titulary of Shalmaneser I asserting universal kingship through patrilineal descent from Adad-nārārī I — documenting the dynastic legitimation formula at the height of Middle Assyrian imperial consolidation.
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Shalmaneser I 32
A royal titulary inscription of Shalmaneser I attesting the hereditary claim 'king of the world' (šar kiššati) through his father Adad-nārārī I, documenting the ideological continuity of Middle Assyrian imperial self-presentation.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 33
(1) Shalmaneser (I), king of the world, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of the world.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 34
(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria, son of Adad-nārārī (I), (who was) also king of Assyria.
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Shalmaneser I 35
One of the corpus of royal inscriptions through which Shalmaneser I projected Assyrian royal authority, attesting the titulary 'king of the world' that would define imperial self-presentation for centuries.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 36
(1) Palace of Shalmaneser (I), king of Assyria.
LawMythologyShalmaneser I 37
(1) Belonging to Shalmaneser (I), king of the world.
LawMythologyShalmaneser II 1
(1) Monument of Shalmaneser (II), great king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (I), king of Assyria, son of Šamšī-Adad (IV), (who was) also king of Assyria.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 03
(1) [Tiglath]-pileser (I), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of all four quarters (of the world), the valiant man who acts with the support of the gods Aššur and Ninurta — the great gods, his lords — (and thereby) has struck down his foes; (5) Son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, (who was) also king of the world (and) king of Assyria. (6) By the command of the god Aššur, my lord, I conquered from the other side of the Lower Zab to the Upper Sea of the Setting Sun. I marched to the Naʾiri lands three times (and) conquered the…
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Tiglath-pileser I 04
Tiglath-pileser I's own account of his campaigns frames conquests from Babylon to the Mediterranean as divinely mandated — attesting the theological language Assyrian kings used to legitimize territorial expansion in the early 11th century BCE.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 05
(1') built [...] the labūnu-house [...] I strengthened. With boxwood, [which by the command of the gods Aššur and Anu, the great gods, my lords], I had cut down (and) [carried off] from Mount Lebanon, [... I installed/built ...] I bu[ilt (it) fr]om its foundations to its crenellations. [...] I bu[ilt the labūnu-house that is] opposite it with tamarisk. [... I] entirely [surrounded (it)] in [its] entiret[y with] slabs of gišnugallu-alabaster. [I …] its walls and [... surrounded (them) with] knobbed nails of bronze to (enhance) its appearance. [...]. (10') [...] within that terrace and to [...…
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 06
(1) Tiglath-pil[eser (I), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria], king of all [four] quarters (of the world), [...] who with the aid [of ...], the king who the Deluge of [...] approach of [battle ...] the god Gīra, encircler [of ...] whose command
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 07
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 08
(1') No translation warranted. (4') [... which by the command of] the gods Ninurta and Nergal, the great gods, [my lords], I had killed [with a harpoon of my own making in the Great Sea] of the land Amurru [(...)] I stationed (them) on the right [and] left of the entrance (gate) of my [royal majes]ty. I [fashioned (...)] bands of silver and gold [...] this weapon with wisdom [I manufactured ...]. The palace [...] the gods [...] I inscribed my [commemorative] inscriptions [and deposited them therein]. (12') [In the future, in days to come, may a future ruler], when [that] palace [becomes old and dilapidated, restore its dilapidated section(s), either with] boxwood or [...]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 09
(1') [...] to the city Šu[...] their [...] in [...] they killed in [...] against them [...] of the land Addauš [...] the vice-regent (of a god) of the city Šu[...] of the land Addauš [...] ... city and land [...] to the land Addauš, I/he entered. [...] ... [...]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1001
(1') No translation warranted.
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Tiglath-pileser I 1002
One of the surviving manuscript witnesses to Tiglath-pileser I's royal inscriptions, preserving Assyrian royal ideology and titulary from the height of Middle Assyrian power.
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Tiglath-pileser I 1003
One of the surviving manuscript witnesses to a royal inscription of Tiglath-pileser I, preserving Assyrian royal ideology and titulary from the height of Middle Assyrian imperial power.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1007
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1008
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1009
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1010
(1') No translation warranted.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1011
(1') center/interior of the door [...] of the temple of the gods Anu and [Adad, (which)] Adad-nārārī (I), vice-[regent of (the god) Aššur (...)], had built, [(...)]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1012
(1) Tigla[th-pileser (I), …], son of [..., …] made [...].
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 1014
(1) To the goddess Mullissu, the lady of [...], the great [lady], his lady: [Tiglath-pileser (I)], appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur, (...,) dedicated (this ...)]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 11
(r 1') its inner [...], as far as ... [...] ... [... I bui]lt that [p]alace from it[s] foundations [to its crenellations. I splendidly [decorated (it)] more than before. I surrounded (it) [with knobbed nails of] bronze. [I made magnificent] doors of f[ir], made (them) fast [with bronz]e [bands, (and) installed (them)] in its gate. (r 9') [...] which with the support of the gods Aššur, Anu, Enlil, [... the great gods] who support me, the lands of/which [...] I made replicas in parūtu-alabaster [and basalt of a nāḫiru, which is called a sea-horse (and) which by the command of the gods Ninurta…
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Tiglath-pileser I 13
Documents Tiglath-pileser I's campaigns from the Naʾiri lands to Carchemish and down to Rapiqu, tracing the westward and southward reach of Assyrian military power in the late second millennium BCE.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 14
(1') [(...) Tigla]th-pileser (I) [...] conqueror of lands [... king of] the world, king of Assyria [...]
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 15
(1) With the aid of the gods Aššur, Šamaš, (and) Adad, the great gods, my lords, I, Tiglath-pileser (I), king of Assyria, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, (who was) also king of Assyria, (I) the conqueror from the Great Sea of the land Amurru and the Sea of the Naʾiri land(s), (and) marched to the Naʾiri land(s) three times.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 16
(1) Tiglath-pileser (I), strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the four quarters (of the world), conqueror of the Naʾiri lands from the land Tumme to the land Daiaeni, conqueror of the land Ḫabḫu to the Great Sea.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 17
(1) Palace of Tiglath-[pileser (I), king of] Assyria, conqueror [from] Babylon [of the land Akkad] to Mount Lebanon [to the Great] Sea [of the land Amurru and] the Sea [of the Naʾiri land(s), builder of] the Cedar [Palace].
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 2001
(1) To the goddess Tašmētu, his lady: Aššur-išmânni, the scribe, son of Aššur-dayyān, dedicated (this) for his life.
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Tiglath-pileser I 21
A fragmentary royal inscription of Tiglath-pileser I referencing the 'Great Sea of Amurru' (the Mediterranean) — one of the earliest Assyrian textual claims to have reached the western sea.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 22
(1) Tiglath-pileser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, built and constructed the temple of the gods Anu and Adad, his lords.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 23
(1) Tiglath-pileser (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, built and constructed the temple of the god Adad, his lord.
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Tiglath-pileser I 24
Brick inscription stamping Tiglath-pileser I's ownership of a Ḫusur River quay wall — evidence that Assyrian royal building programmes extended to urban hydraulic infrastructure, not only temples and palaces.
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Tiglath-pileser I 25
Records Tiglath-pileser I's construction work on the Ḫusur River quay wall at Aššur, attesting royal investment in urban hydraulic infrastructure in the early Assyrian Empire.
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Tiglath-pileser I 26
Records Tiglath-pileser I's construction work on the Ḫusur River quay wall at Aššur, adding a brick-by-brick datum to the archaeology of Assyrian royal building programmes in the late second millennium.
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 27
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of the world, king of Assyria: (brick) belonging to the facing of (the quay wall) of the [Ḫusur] River, at the garden of [Nineveh].
LawMythologyTiglath-pileser I 28
(1) Palace of Tiglath-pileser (I), king of the world, king of Assyria.
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