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~627 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Aššur-etel-ilāni 06
(1) The tomb of Šamaš-ibni, the Dakkurian, upon whom Aššur-etel-ilāni, king of Assyria, had pity, brought from Assyria to Bīt-Dakkūri, his (own) country, and laid to rest in a tomb inside his home of Dūru-ša-Ladīni (“Fortress of Ladīnu”). (4) Whoever you are, whether governor or commander or judge or prince, who is appointed in the land, do not harm this tomb or (its) bone(s)! (But rather) look after its position (and) extend (your) good protection over it! For (doing) this, may the god Marduk, the great lord, lengthen your reign, establish his good protection over you, (and) bless your name,…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 01
Royal titulary of Sîn-šarru-iškun invokes ten deities across the Assyrian and Babylonian pantheons, documenting the deliberate theological diplomacy of the last generation of Sargonid kings before Nineveh fell in 612 BCE.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 02
Preserves the legitimating titulary of a late Sargonid king — likely Sîn-šarru-iškun — showing Sîn, Marduk, and Ea each conferring distinct attributes of rule within decades of Assyria's fall.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 03
Attests Sîn-šarru-iškun's full Sargonid titulary — king of Assyria, Sumer, and Akkad — anchoring his legitimacy claim within a dynastic chain stretching back to Sargon II, just years before Assyria's collapse in 612 BCE.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 04
Attests Sîn-šarru-iškun's building activity along the Tigris in the final decade of the Assyrian Empire, adding fragmentary but direct epigraphic evidence to a reign otherwise poorly documented in royal inscriptions.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 05
Attests late Sargonid royal building rhetoric — the formulaic 'foundation to crenellation' restoration topos — applied to an Assyrian cultic or palatial structure in the empire's final decades before Nineveh's fall in 612 BCE.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 07
Royal titulary of Sîn-šarru-iškun, one of Assyria's last kings before Nineveh fell in 612 BCE, attesting the Sargonid court's continued investment in divine-legitimation rhetoric even as the empire was collapsing.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 13
Names four generations of Sargonid kings in a single titulary chain, offering a fixed synchronic anchor for the dynasty's self-legitimating genealogy in the final decade before Assyria's collapse.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & 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.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 06
(1) [I, Sîn-šar]ra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, k[ing of Assyria, favored by the deities Aššur], Enlil, (and) Mullissu; pious governor, [... of Ešarra, humble ruler; chos]en by the steadfast hearts of the deities Sîn, Ningal, Šamaš, and Aya; beloved of [the deities Marduk, Zarpanītu, Nabû, (and) Tašmētu; the one chosen by the goddess Ištar who res]ides in Nineveh (and) the goddess Ištar who resides in Arbela, favorit[e of the gods Nergal and Nusku; (5) the one whom (the god) Aššur, the goddess Mulliss]u, and the great gods, my lords, steadfastly l[ooked upon] among my…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 08
(i' 1') [conceiv]ed [in] my [heart to (re)buil]d [t]hat [temple] and [want]ed (to carry it out). [According to] its [original pla]n, [on] its [form]er [sit]e, [in a favorable month, (on) an au]spicious [day, according to the craft of the incantation pri]est, [... I fille]d in its [foundat]ion [with limesto]ne and [made (it) as high] as [a mount]ain. [I built (and) complet]ed (it) [from] its [foundation(s) to] its [crenellations. ...] (ii' 1') [I] offered [prime quality prize bulls (and) f]atten[ed fat-t]ai[led sheep] as pu[re] food offe[rings] befo[re] the god Nabû (and) the goddess [Tašmētu,…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 09
(i 1') As[syria]; the one who[m (the god) Aššur], the king [of the gods], with [his] benevol[ent] g[lance], looked [with] ple[asure upon and] selecte[d] for king[ship; to] ma[ke firm] (ii 1) [...] ... [to make the foundation of] the land [f]irm, [to dir]ect [the peo]ple of [As]syria, [...] ... (iii 1) governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sum[er] and Akk[ad]; (5) son of Sennac[herib], grea[t] king, stro[ng] king, king of [the world], (iv 1) they (the gods) [guided me and] ... [...] (vi 1') [May they (the gods) make his name, his seed], (and) his offspring [disa]ppear [from the land]. (vi 3'…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 10
(1) I, [Sîn-šarra-i]škun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; the one whom the deities Aššur, [Mullissu, M]arduk, Zarpanītu, Nabû, (and) Tašmētu steadfastly looked upon with their benevolent glance and selected for kingship; whom the light of heaven, the god Sîn, crowned with the crown of lordship to make the foundation of the land firm, to direct the people, to put in order what is confused, (5) (and) to repair what is destroyed; whose hand the god Nabû, overseer of the world, made grasp a just scepter (and) a true staff for shepherding a widespread population;…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 11
(1) I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad; son of Sennacherib, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, ruler who has no rival; descendant of Sargon (II), great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, governor of Babylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad: (2b)…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 12
(1) I, Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria; son of Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyri[a]; son of Esarhaddon, king of the world, king of Ass[yria]; (5) son of Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria; [de]s[cenda]nt of Sargon (II), king of the world, king of Assyria, [governor of B]abylon, king of the land of Sumer and Akkad: (8) At [the beginning of] my [king]ship, when the deities Aššur, Bēl (Marduk), Nabû, (and) [Ištar] gladly placed me (10) on the th[rone of the fa]ther who had engendered me, in place of an empty lot I built…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 14
(1) [Palac]e of Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, [strong] king, [king of the world, king of Assyria; son of As]hurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of [Assyria; son of Es]arhaddon, great king, strong king, k[ing of the world, king of Assyria; son of Senn]acherib, great king, s[trong] king, [king of the world, king of Assyria; (5) descendan]t of Sargon (II), [great] k[ing, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, ...]
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 15
(1) [For the god Nabû, lord of ingenio]us things, the splendid one, s[on of] the ruler (Marduk), the nob[le one, the one who contr]ols the Igīgū (and) Anunnakū gods, the one who directs everything there is, the one who knows [the fate of the land, the merc]iful (and) compassionate one, the one who resides in Baltil (Aššur), the great lord, [his lord]: (4) Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of [Assyria]; (5) son of Ashurbanipal, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of [Assyria]; son of Esarhaddon, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 16
(1) For the goddess Tašmētu, the goddess of acceptance and reconciliation, heroic one of the gods, sublime one of [goddesses], wife of the god Nabû — the firstborn son — who is endowed with sexual charm (and) filled with awe-insp[iring brilliance], the one who controls the Igīgū (and) Anunnakū gods, the one who directs everything there is, the one who accepts sup[plications, the one who] saves the ruler who reveres [her divinity] from the midst of combat and battle, (5) supreme [go]ddess, the one who resides in Baltil (Aššur), the great lady, [his] lady: (6) Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king,…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~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)…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & 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)…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~620 BCE·Neo-AssyrianRINAP 5
Sîn-šarru-iškun 20
(1) Palace of Sîn-šarra-iškun.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & 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-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn
[Nebuchadnezzar,] [king of Ba]bylon, [the one who provides for] Esagil [and Ezi]da, [foremost] heir [of Nab]opol[assar,] [king of Babylon, am I.]
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 1, Nebuchadnezzar II nn, ex. nn
[Nebuchadnezzar (Nabû-kudurrī-u]ṣur), king of Babylon, [provider of] [Esagil] and Ezida, [foremost] heir [of Nabopolassar (Nabû-apla-uṣur)], king of Babylon.
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 03
(obverse? — only line-ends preserved) [...] ... his mouth (i.e., his [command/utterance]) [...] I stretched (beams) across [... O ...], resplendent lord, the god, light of the gods, his fathers [... his] exalted [command(?)] which cannot be altered, [...] may I be sated with its/his [...] [...] may I attain [...] ... [... wherever(?)] the sun rises
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 04
(obverse, fragmentary) In [...] (which) no (former king) had [erected(?) ...] (but) me, the humble, [submissive one ...] I fashioned, and eight [mušḫuššu-dragons of copper ...] which upon the wicked and [the enemy spray venom of death ...] with a plating of si[lver ...] in the gate(s) of [...] on the platform(s) (kisû) [...] (remainder broken)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 05
(beginning broken) [...] ... lordship(?) ... [...] [... of a] former [king(?)] ... he cast/fashioned in silver [...] [...] shining ..., with ornament and awe-inspiring radiance I clothed it. [...] the Euphrates, the river of abundance, which from its creation [... flowed] straight past Esagil — its massive waters, [... in the days(?)] of a former king, its waters from the border of Esagil [...] had receded (too far) for the drawing of water. [...] I sought out its ancient site, and [...] its waters as of old [... to the bor]der of Esagil I directed [straight]. The [...] which a former king had…
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 07
Neriglissar, king of Babylon [(...)], the renovator of Esagil and E[zida], the one who does good [deeds], whom, in order to exercise his kingship, [...] the great gods established [...] their [counsel(?) ...]; [whom(?)] Marduk, foremost of the gods, the one who de[crees destinies(?) ...], [... with(?)] dominion over (all) the lands [...], [... the shep]herdship of the black-[headed people ...], [...] true/faithful [...], [...] ... [...], [... m]ighty(?) [...], [...] ... [...]. (The remainder of the tablet is broken.)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth~580 BCE·Neo-BabylonianOur engine
RINBE 2, Neriglissar 03, ex. 08
(obverse, all lines broken at the right edge) [Ne]riglissar, king of Babylon, [...] [the one who reno]vates(?) Esagil and [Ezida ...] with [...] like the (original) appurtenances [...] I set up [...]. The Dais of Destinies, which is inside [...], upon which at the New Year (zammukku), the beginning [of the year], during the akītu-festival, (at) the setting-out of the Enlil of the g[ods, Marduk], Nabû, the true heir, processes t[o ...] Šuanna [...], (on) the 5th day (and) the 11th day, in going and retu[rning ...] (remainder of this exemplar broken)
Writing & LiteratureReligion & Myth
~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
CUSAS 15, 067
3 shekels, less its fourth (part), of silver, belonging to Tatte-Eduru, son of Talīmu, (is a claim) against Aradiya, son of Mudû. In the month Simānu (III) the silver — the silver, 3 shekels less its fourth (part) — in the city Qatibe he shall pay. Witnesses: Tabnēa, son of Enlil-bāni; Mašê, son of Šamaš-zēr-ibni; Šamaš-šu(?), son of Balāṭu; and the priest (šangû) Rīmūt-Maš, son of Ḫanšâ-Eduru. City Qatibe. Month Addaru (XII), day 29, year 7 of Cambyses, king of Babylon, [king] of the lands.
LawEconomy
~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
CUSAS 15, 184
6 gur, 1 PI of barley, belonging to Tattannu, son of Talīmu, is a debt against Balāṭu, son of Ina-gissu-lugal. In the month of Addaru (itiŠE), he shall pay, in addition, 5 gur, 1 PI. Witnesses: Tattannu, son of Enlil-šum-iddin; Niqūdu, son of Mu-gub; Iškur-mu-ki-il, son of Iškur-ad-gub; Kussari. Scribe: Ba, son of A. Qatibat. Month Nisannu (Bāru), day 5, year 7, (of) Cambyses, king of Babylon, king of the lands.
EconomyLaw~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0032
(obverse) 104 (BAR measures of) flour, supplied by (kurmin) Bagizzana, was deposited (kutka) at Persepolis (Baršan); it was done (as) ditto (hu-ut-KI.MIN-na, i.e. handled the same way as in the preceding record). (reverse/final line) Year 24 (of the king).
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0036
292 (units of) tarmu-grain (emmer), allocation (kurmin) of Ḫumuštimana. Ummanunu received (it and) delivered it. Year 20.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0037
112 (BAR measures of) tarmu-grain, supplied by Umuštimana: Išantu received (it) (du-ša); Kuizza (of/at?) Kurdušum — Hupannana received (it). Year 23 (lit. 'of the 23rd year').
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0038
140 (measures of) tarmu-grain, supplied by (kurmin) Babenana: Ummanunu received it (and) deposited/stored it (at) Kurdušum. (In the) 27th year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0039
(obverse) 1,000 (measures of) tarmu-grain, carried from Zakzaku, (under) Šur-sunkiri(?): Pirriašba received (it). (Year formula) 19th year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0040
310 (measures of) hazati-grain, 390 (measures of) kurruša-grain — total: 700 (measures of) tarmu-grain, supplied by Appumanya, from (the place) Zakzaku; (as/at the) royal š... it was deposited. Pirriyašba received (it). He made (it into) beer. 22nd year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0041
43 marriš (measures) of wine, from Maturban, were carried to Parsa (Persepolis). Ziššukka the kuizza(-official) (handled/received it). 23rd year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0042
29 marriš of wine. Appirmarša (supplied it?); Ummišša — from Rašanuizza — Bašširkada received(?) (it); he did the same (ditto); (provision) of the king.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0043
9 hundred (and) 25 marriš of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Apzizi, Manizza received (dušda) on account (ukku). Mitranka (was) the šarara (the one who apportioned/handled it). At Bairakada it was deposited (kutka).
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0044
500 (measures of) wine, the allocation of Marriyaddana. Zirazabbe carried (it) to Batrakataš (Pasargadae). 19th year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0047
27 marriš of wine, supplied by Muiška (kurmin of Muiškana): (a man) named Dāukka, a Mardamarda-ian(?) of Nariyapikna, received (it). Parnamatiš (was the) kuizza (wine official).
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0048
30 marriš of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Ušaya. Tiššantamma received (it). Parnumatiš carried (it) to Ukbeyataš. (It is) on behalf of the king. (Second line:) mardam of Nariyapik.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0049
30 marriš of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Ušaya. Battikamaš, the iršurra(?)-official, (its) irdaša(?), received (it) at Ansara(?) as rations (galma duiš). He carried (it) to Parnumati(š); at Ukbeyataš, on behalf of the king (šunkina-ma).
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0050
36 marriš (measures) of wine, supplied by (kurmin) Ušaya(na): Barrukka, the wine handler, received (it). He carried (it) off (as?) rations of (the) workers (kurtaš).
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0051
144 marriš of wine — supplied from Maturban. Uzikraš carried (it off); Miššabadda received (it). At Huddu-(ditto) he set (it) down as stores. 22nd year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0052
2,006 (lit. twenty hundred six) marriš of wine, from (the place) Maturbana(?): Uzikraš held/carried (it); it was handled at the same (place, ditto). Miššabadda(?) received (it); (at) Baduišduiš(?); Kuizza(?) (and/of) Mannaraziyara. Year 22 (lit. of the 22nd year).
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0053
(obverse) 2 (measures of) pit(-fruit), supplied by (kurmin) Šutena, was deposited (kutka) at Persepolis (Baršan). The hut-ditto(-workers?) — Bakabadda (and) Nababa received (it). 21st year.
Economy~430 BCE·Achaemenid PersianOur engine
OIP 092, 0054
49 (BAR of) wheat, supplied by Man-gi-išna(?), from (the place) Matezzikaš: (a man) named Kurizza, apportioning the irše-grain(?), received (it) and carried (it) to Persepolis. He acquired(?) manuš tumara(?) as an exchange (manmakka) (from) the seller(?). That was done for their account(?). 20th year. 730 (BAR of) flour was carried to Persepolis. It was …-ed(?) (by) Upirradda(?), and he received (it) as an exchange (manmakka). 17th year. … apportioning(?) … at Hatumasan(?).
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