Texts nos. 40-1002

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Nearly twenty bricks discovered in the eastern quay wall at Aššur have a text of Adad-nārārī I. The bricks are housed in museums around the world, including in the British Museum (London), the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri (Istanbul), and the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin).

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Meissner, BuA 1 p. 98 fig. 30

A variety of clay, stone, and metal objects from Aššur bear a three-line proprietary inscription of Adad-nārārī I. One brick with this text is particularly interesting: each cuneiform wedge has been impressed with a stamp, with several impressions in the wrong direction. As A.K. Grayson has already noted, this is the earliest attested example of movable type. The bricks, stone slabs, and bronze sword are now spread all over the world, especially in Berlin (Vorderasiatisches Museum).

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Eight bricks originating from Aššur have an inscription stamped on them stating that Adad-nārārī I refaced the drains in the temple of the god Aššur. These bricks are in Berlin (Vorderasiatisches Museum) and Istanbul (Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri).

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A brick now in the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri (Istanbul) bears a text of Adad-nārārī I. Although the object was discovered at Aššur, the inscription states that it once belonged to the city Ša-aam..., an otherwise unknown settlement.

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Numerous bricks and a stone bowl all have the same proprietary inscription Adad-nārārī I. The bricks originate from various parts of Aššur, including the Ištar temple and the quay wall, and most of them are housed in the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri (Istanbul) and the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin). The find spot of the bowl, which is now in the British Museum (London), however, is not known.

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A brick in the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri (Istanbul) from Aššur and a metal (bronze or copper) axe-head seen in 1985 in the hands of an antiquities dealer in London have one and the same text of Adad-nārārī I on them; the current location of the latter objects is not known.

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A one-line proprietary inscription of Adad-nārārī I is stamped on eleven bricks found at Aššur and inscribed an agate "eye-stone" reportedly discovered in Azerbaijan. The bricks are now in Berlin (Vorderasiatisches Museum) and Istanbul (Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri), while the bead with black and white streaks is in St. Petersburg (State Hermitage Museum).

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At least three bricks from Aššur have the inscription "Adad-nārārī (I), vice regent of (the god) Aššur" written on them. The bricks are now in Berlin (Vorderasiatisches Museum) and Istanbul (Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri).

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A stele erected in the Row of Steles at Aššur is inscribed with a three-line text of Adad-nārārī I. The present location of the object is not known.

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Parts of the first seven lines of an inscription of Adad-nārārī I stamped on a brick discovered at Aššur. The text is not sufficiently preserved to be able to determine what accomplishment of the king it commemorates. The object is housed in the Vorderasiatisches Museum (Berlin).

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A fragmentarily preserved clay tablet from Nineveh is inscribed with an inscription of a Middle Assyrian king, possibly Adad-nārārī I, describing a military campaign and the renovation of a wall. The piece is now in London (British Museum).

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A fragment of a clay cone from Nineveh preserves the last four lines of a building inscription of a Middle Assyrian king. A.K. Grayson states that the text is "almost certainly from the reign of Adad-nārārī I and concerns a palace." The object is now in the British Museum (London).

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Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Texts nos. 40-1002', The Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo) Project, The RIAo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2019 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/adadnararii/texts401002/]