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~800 BCE·

Neo-Assyrian

RIAo

Adad-nerari III 2016 / CDLI Seals 007055

(1) For the goddess Gula, his lady: Pān-Aššur-lāmur, the governor of Baltil (Aššur), dedicated (this) for the life of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, (and) his (own) life.

Religion & Myth·Writing & Literature

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2017

(1) Seal of Bēl-dayyānī, eunuch of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria.

Economy

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 2018 add

(1') who resides in the ciy Dūr-kat[limmu, the] holy [shrine], his beloved abode, the great lord, his lord: (3') Pālil-ēreš, [the gover]nor of the land R[asappa], the city [Nēmed-Ištar, (and) the city Apk]u, had a gol[den sw]ord made and made and presented an image of Adad-nārārī (III), king of Assyria, his lord, to the god Salmānu (Text: “Adad-nārārī, king of Assyria”), his lord, who protects the throne of his priesthood, to give into his hands the scepter that shepherds the people, for the well-being of his seed, the well-being of the people of Assyria and the well-being of Assyria, to…

Law·Religion & Myth

~800 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRIAo

Adad-nerari III 21

For (the god) Aššur, the great lord, his lord: Adad-nārārī (III), appointee of the god [Enlil, vice-regent of (the god) Aššur], son of Šamšī-Adad (V), [appointee of the god Enlil], vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, son of Shalmaneser (III), (who was) also [appointee] of the god Enlil and vice-regent of (the god) Aššur, [dedicated (this)] for his life (and) [the well-being of his seed] and his land.

Adad-nerari III 2016 / CDLI Seals 007055

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Adad-nerari III 21

Adad-nerari III 1001

Shalmaneser IV 3

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Aššur-dan III 1

BAM 6, 531

Nimrud NW Palace zzz001 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add411

Nimrud NW Palace zzz010 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, ex. add413

RIMA 3.0.102.111, ex. add78

Aššur-nerari V 1

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