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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

~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.

Sîn-šarru-iškun 17

Sîn-šarru-iškun 18

Sîn-šarru-iškun 19

Sîn-šarru-iškun 20

Sîn-šarru-iškun 2001

Sîn-šarru-iškun 21

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

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

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of payments to hired workers MET DP239006

Cuneiform tablet impressed with seal- account of payments to hired workers MET ME86 11 319

Cuneiform tablet- loan with work agreement, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 24

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for dates, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 30

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for dates MET ME86 11 403

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for garments MET ME86 11 170

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver, archive of Bel-remanni MET ME86 11 201

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver MET ME86 11 330

Cuneiform tablet- receipt for silver MET ME86 11 400

Cuneiform tablet- record of receipt of unspun linen, Ebabbar archive MET ME07 154 1A

Cuneiform tablet- ritual fragment MET ME86 11 359

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME79 7 25

Cuneiform tablet- slave sale, Egibi archive MET ME86 11 200

Cuneiform tablet- temple account MET ME86 11 178

Cuneiform tablet- temple account of bread MET ME86 11 402