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~1300 BCE·Middle Assyrian

Achaemenid Persian

RIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 09

(1) Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Aššur-dān (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, builder of the temple of the Assyrian Ištar.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 10

(1) Palace of Aššur-rēša-i[ši (I)], strong king, king of the world, king of [Assyria]. (3) Belonging to the palace of the city …

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1001

(1') (No translation warranted.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1004

(1') [...] previously [built, ...], Aššur-rēša-iši (I) [built (it) i]n its entirety. [...] beams of cedar beam [...]. (7'b) May a future [rule]r re[store] its dilapidated section(s) [...]. The gods Anu (and) Adad [will (then) listen to his] pra[yers].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1005

(1') (No translation warranted.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 1006

(1) (No translation warranted.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 11

(1') [(As for) the temple of the god Aššur, which Ušpia ... had previously built and] (when) it became dilapidated [Erišum (I) ... built (it and when) 159 years had passed and] it had (again) become dilapidated, Šamšī-[Adad (I) ... built (it and) 580 years (passed), then Shalmaneser (I)] built (it), (and) 132 [years (passed), then Aššur]-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of [(the god) Aššur, built (it) ...]. (6'b) [May] a futur[e rule]r [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 12

(1) [Aššur-rēša-iši (I), vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Mutakk]il-Nusku, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of [Aššur-dān (I), (who was) also vice-regent of (the god) Aššur]. (2) (As for) the shrine of (the god) Aššur my lord, which [...] had previously built, had become dilapidated, [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 13

(1) [Aššur-rēša-iši (I)], strong [king], king of the world, king of [Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of] Aššur-dān (I), [(who was) also] king of the world (and) king of [Assyria]. (3) He bu[ilt ...] ... [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 14

(1) [Aššur-rēša]-iši (I), strong king, king of [the world, king of Assyria, son of Mutakkil-Nusku, strong king, king of] the world, king of Assyria, son of Aššur-dān (I), [(who was) also strong king, king of the world (and) king of Assyria, (builder) of the] courtyard of the palace ... [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši I 2001

(1) Monument of Aššur-šumu-aṣbat, the governor of the city Aššur, the chief ... of Aššur-rēša-iši (I) — the king of Assyria — the son of Rēš-Aššur, (who was) also the governor of the city Aššur.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši II 1

(1) Monument of [Aššur-r]ēša-iši (II), king of Assyria, [son of Aš]šur-[r]abi (II), king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Aššur-reša-iši II 2001

(1) I, Bēl-ēriš, vice-regent of [...], lover of the god Sa[mnuḫa ...], at the time of Aššur-rabi (II), [king of Assyria, son of Ashurnasirpal (I) (I)], [N]+3 years [... (5) Aš]šur for delineation [...], at that time, the god Sa[mnuḫa ...] the bank(s) of the Ḫābūr River, from [... to ...] he took possession. [...] the bank(s) of the Ḫābūr River, the vice-[regent ...]. (10) At that time, the god Samnu[ḫa ...] with his exalted strength, 3,000 [...]. The abandoned canal, which [goes] from the land [... to ...] (and) in which [water] no longer flowed, [...] I constructed a facing for (the quay…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1

(1) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-nārārī (II); Aššur-nārārī (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-rabi (I); Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Enlil-nāṣir (I); (and) Enlil-nāṣir (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur. (13) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of Aššur,…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 1002

(1') [...] Aššur-uballiṭ (I), appointee [of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur — the ...] of the wall of ... [...] of the New Palace [...], which previously Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē (II) had built, [had become dilapidated and I renovated (it) from its foundations to its cren]ellations. [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 2

(1) [Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur], (was) the son of [Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of] the god Aššur, (was) the son of [Aššur-nārārī (II)]; Ašš[ur-nārārī (II), vice-regent] of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-[rabi (I)]; Aššur-[rabi (I), vice]-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of En[lil-nāṣir (I)]; (and) En[lil-nāṣir (I)], vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Puzur-[Aššur (III)], (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur. (13) Aššu[r-uballiṭ (I), appointee of the…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 3

(1) Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur. (5) When the god Aššur, my lord, allowed me to construct the Patti-ṭuḫdi (“Canal of Abundance”), the bearer of abundant fertility, I filled in with earth the well that is called Uballiṭ-nišēšu (“It Has Given Life to His People”), (the source) of the pond (that is) behind the terrace, (which was) ten cubits down to water(-level), which previously Aššur-nādin-aḫḫē (II), the vice-regent of the god Aššur, had dug (and which) was reinforced with limestone, bitumen, (and) baked…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 4

(1) Aššur-uballiṭ, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) [the son] of Aššur-nārārī (II); Aššur-nārārī (II), [vice-regent of the god] Aššur, (r 1) I roofed (it) with beams and installed doors inside it. I renovated (and) restored it from its foundations to its crest. Moreover, I made the goddess Ištar-kudnittu, my lady, reside inside that temple. Furthermore, I deposited my clay cone (therein). (r 9) (When) a future ruler builds that temple when i…

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 5

(1) [Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Erība-Adad (I); Erība-Adad (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-bēl-nišēšu; Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-nārārī (II); Aššur-nārārī (II), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Aššur-rabi (I); Aššur-rabi (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Enlil-nāṣir (I); (and) Enlil-nāṣir (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur, (was) the son of Puzur-Aššur (III)], (who was) also [vice-regent of the god] Aššur. (13) [Aššur-uballiṭ (I)], appointee of the god E[nlil, vice…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 6

(1) The stone (cylinder) seal of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), king of Assyria, son of Erība-Adad (I).

Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Aššur-uballiṭ I 7

(1) Belonging to the palace of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), the overseer.

Writing & Literature

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Enlil-narari I 1

(1) Enlil-nārārī (I), vice-regent [of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-uballiṭ (I), vice-regent of the god Aššur], son of Erība-Adad (I), [(who was) also] vice-regent of the god [Aššur]. (2) [For my life] and the well-being of my city: (As for) the outer wall, [from the Craftsman’s Gate] to the Sheep Gate, which a ruler [who came befor]e me had built, it had become dilapidated and I bui[lt (it)] f[rom it]s [foundations] to its crenellations. I renovated [(its) gate]s. Moreover, I deposited my clay cone (therein). (7) [(When) a futu]re ru[ler] renovates that outer wall when it [becomes…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Enlil-narari I 1001

(1') [he] rebelled ... [by the command] of the deities Šamaš, Adad, and [Ištar ... he att]acked and the city Al...[... Kur]igalzu, king of [Karduniaš (Babylonia) ...]. I brought about his [defeat ... for a] second time.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Eriba-Adad I 1

(1) [Erība-Ada]d (I), [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r, [son of Ašš]ur-bēl-nišēšu, (who was) also [vice-regent of the god Ašš]ur. [Ašš]ur-bēl-nišēšu (was) [the son of Ašš]ur-nārārī (II), [vice-regent of the god A]ššur; Aššur-nārārī (II) (was) [the son of Ašš]ur-rabi (I), [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r, (r 1') [Moreover, I deposited] my clay cone (there). (r 2') [(When) a future ru]ler [builds that …] when it becomes dilapidated, the gods Aššur [and Adad will (then) listen to] his [prayers. Moreover, may he retur]n my [clay co]ne [to its place].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Eriba-Adad I 2

(1) Erība-Adad (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-bēl-nišēšu, [vice-regent of] the god Aššur.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Eriba-Adad II 3

(1) Monument of Erība-Adad (II), king of the world.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Ninurta-apil-Ekur 1

(1) Ninurta-apil-Ekur, king of the world, [vice-regent of the god Aššu]r, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, son of Ili-pada.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Ninurta-apil-Ekur 2

(1) Pendant of Ninurta-apil-Ekur, chosen of the gods Enlil and Ninurta, king of the world, king of Assyria. (As for) the one who destroys my inscribed name, [...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 1

(1) Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārā[rī] (I), vice-regent of the god Ašš[ur]. (5) For his life and the well-being of his city, (when) the wall of the Step Gate became dilapidated, he renovated (it). Moreover, I deposited my clay cone. (11) (When) a future ruler builds that wall when it becomes dilapidated, the gods Aššur and Adad will (then) listen to his prayers. [May he retur]n my clay cone to its place.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 1001

(1') (No translation warranted.)

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 2

(1) Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur. (5) (As for) the šuḫūru-room of the temple of the Assyrian Ištar, which Ilu-šūma, (a) ruler (who came before me), had built and (which) Sargon (I), my ancestor, the son of Ikūnum, had restored, it had become dilapidated and I (re)built (it).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 3

(1) [Pu]zur-[Aššur (III), vice]-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārā[rī (I), (who was) also vice]-regent of the god Aššur, (5) [built ...] the gate [... for his life] and the well-being [of his city].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 4

(1) [Puz]ur-Aššur (III), [..., vice-regent of] the god Aššur, [...] ... [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 5

(1) Palace of Puzur-Aššur (III).

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 6add

(1) Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur, (5) for his life and the well-being of his city, built the great wall and t[he g]ates of the New City, from the great [wall] of the Inner City up t[o the river in its entirety], from its foundations t[o its cres]t. Moreover, I deposited my clay cone. (10b) [(When) a] future [ruler] builds [that] wall when it becomes dilapidated, the gods Aššur [and] Adad will (then) listen to his prayers. May he return my clay cone to its place.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 7add (formerly Enlil-naṣir I 1001)

(1') for [his] life [and the well-being of] his city, he (Puzur-Aššur III) built the [great] wal[l and the gates] of the New City, fro[m the great wall] of the Inner City [up to the river in its entirety], from its foun[dations to its crest]. Moreover, I deposited [my clay cone]. (7'b) [(When) a future ruler builds that] wall when it becomes dilapidated, the gods Aššur and [Adad will (then) listen to] hi[s pr]ayers. [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Puzur-Aššur III 8add

(1) Puzur-Aššur (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Aššur-nārārī (I), (who was) also vice-regent of the god Aššur, (5) for his life and the well-being of his city, built the city Ḫabuba, (which) is on the banks of the Lower Zab, from its foundations to its crest. I deposited my foundation documents and my monumental inscriptions (therein). (9) (When) a future ruler builds that city when it becomes dilapidated, the gods Aššur and Adad will (then) listen to his prayers. May he return foundation documents and my monumental inscriptions to their places.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad III 1

(1) [Palace of Šamšī]-Adad (III), son of I[šme-Dagān (II) ...].

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad III 1001

(i' 1) (No translation possible) (ii' 2) … the ziggurats, which Šamšī-Adad (I), the vice-regent of the god Aššur, the son of Ilā-[kab]kabī, had previously built, become dilapidated and I renovated their summits. Moreover, I deposited ...

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad III 1002

(1') [temple of the gods Anu] and Adad

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad III 1003

(1) [Šamšī-Adad (III)/Aššur-nārārī (I)], vice-regent of the god [Aššur, son of] Išme-D[agān (II), (who was) also] vice-regent of the god [Aššur]. (5) ... [...] ... [...] wall of the land [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad III 2

(1) Šamšī-Adad (III), vice-regent of the god Aššur, son of Išme-Dagān (II), built the ... [of] the New City for his life and the well-being of his city.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad IV 2

(1) [Šamšī]-Adad (IV), strong king, [king of the world, king of Assyria ...], chosen of the gods Aššur and [Šamaš, ...] beloved of the gods, [...], his [lords]; son of Tiglath-pileser (I) [...]. (5) [The ... of the goddess Išta]r of Nineveh, my lady, which [... had previously restored] had again become dilapidated and [... rebuilt it and again] it had become dilapidated. Now its terrace [...] I built anew (and) finished (it) [...] ... [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad IV 4

(1) To (the god) Aššur, [his] lord, [...]: (2) Šamšī-Adad (IV), appointee of [the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], son of Tiglath-pile[ser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], son of Aššur-rēša-i[ši (I), (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil and vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], dedicated (this) long pestle [...] for his life, the well-being of [his] seed, [...]. Whither purification [...]. (8) [If someone] takes (it) either to (another) temple, or [to ...], or to a storehouse, [or to ... and does not return it] to its place [...]

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle BabylonianRIAo

Šamši-Adad IV 5

(1) Monument of Šamšī-Adad (IV), king of Assyria, son of Tiglath-pileser (I), (who was) also king of Assyria.

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser I 01

(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, holy vice-regent of the god Aššur, appointee of the gods, ruler, favorite of the goddess Ištar, the one who keeps rituals and offerings pure, the one who makes abundant the presentation offerings for all of the gods, founder of holy cult centers, builder of Eḫursagkurkurra — the shrine of the gods (and) mountain of the lands — astonishing great dragon, shepherd of all of the settlements, the one whose conduct is abundantly pleasing to (the god) Aššur, valiant hero, capable in battles, crusher of enemies, the one who makes the noise of battle…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser I 02

(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of the god Aššur; founder of holy cult centers, builder of Ekur — the shrine of the gods (and) the dwelling of the god Nunnamnir. (5b) At that time, (as for) Eḫursagkurkurra, the ancient temple, which Ušpia, my ancestor, the vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, had previously built, (and which when) it became dilapidated, Erišum (I), my ancestor, the…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser I 03

(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-nārārī (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Arik-dīn-ili, (who was) also appointee of the god Enlil (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur. (5b) At that time, (as for) Eḫursagkurkurra, the temple of Aššur, my lord, which the kings, my ancestors, had built since distant days, that temple was destroyed by fire. I cleared away the temple of (the god) Aššur, my lord, in its entirety, removed the earth (beneath it, and) reached its foundation pit. I laid its foundations…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser I 04

(1) Shalmaneser (I), appointee of the god Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, strong king, king of all of the people, shepherd of mankind, overseer of Ekur — the desired object of the gods (and) the mountain of the god Nunnamnir — merciless crusher of criminals, great dragon of conflict, curser of enemies, the weapon that destroys the insubmissive, the one who weakens fierce (enemies), trampler of the rebellious, subduer of all of the mountains, who flattened like grain the extensive army of the (land) Qutû to remote regions, conqueror of the (lands) Lullumê and Subartu (Šubaru), who…

Writing & Literature·Religion & Myth

~1300 BCE·Middle AssyrianRIAo

Shalmaneser I 05

(1) Shalmane[ser (I), appointee of the god Enlil], vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Adad-[nārārī (I), appointee of the god Enlil], vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Arik-[dīn-ili, (who was)] also [appointee of the god Enlil] (and) vice-regent of (the god) Aššur; founder [of holy cult centers], builder of Ekur — shrine [of the gods] (and) dwelling of the god Nunnamnir. (6) [At that time], (as for) Eḫursagkurkurra, the temple of (the god) Ašš[ur, my lord], which [the kings], my ancestors, had built since distant days, that [temple] was destroyed by fire. I cleared away [the temple of…

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