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A tiny fragment of a clay cone discovered in the ruins of the Ištar temple at Nineveh may preserve part of an inscription of Shalmaneser I. The object is in London (British Museum).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005826/] of Shalmaneser I 1001.
A piece of a clay cone from Nineveh preserves the middle portion of seven lines of an inscription of a Middle Assyrian king, possibly Shalmaneser I since he sponsored construction in that city. The fragment is housed in the British Museum (London).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005827/] of Shalmaneser I 1002.
A tiny portion of a Middle Assyrian inscription is preserved on a fragment of a clay cone from Nineveh. Too little of the text remains to be able to ascribe it to any particular king with certainty. Nevertheless, A.K. Grayson has tentatively assigned it to Shalmaneser I. The piece, which originates from the Ištar temple, is now in London (British Museum).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005828/] of Shalmaneser I 1003.
A clay cone fragment found in the Ištar temple at Nineveh might be inscribed with a building text of Shalmaneser I. It is difficult to be certain since only a small portion of the concluding formulae is preserved. The piece is housed in the British Museum (London).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005829/] of Shalmaneser I 1004.
A clay cone fragment discovered at Nineveh and now in London (British Museum) may have borne an inscription of Shalmaneser I. The text might have commemorated work on the Ištar temple Emašmaš, Nineveh's principal temple.
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005830/] of Shalmaneser I 1005.
A basalt cone fragment from Nineveh preserves the ends of the first three lines of a Middle Assyrian royal inscription. Because Shalmaneser I sponsored work on the Ištar temple there, the text has been tentatively assigned to him. The object is in London (British Museum).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005831/] of Shalmaneser I 1006.
A tiny clay cone fragment originating from Nineveh, with only a few legible words, has been arbitrarily assigned to Shalmaneser I. The object was shipped to London, where it is housed in the British Museum.
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005832/] of Shalmaneser I 1007.
Two alabaster foundation tablets found at Aššur are inscribed with a text recording the renovation of the Aššur temple. The king in whose name this inscription is written, cites Erišum I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/fromcolonytocitystate23341809bc/erishumi/index.html] as a previous builder and claims to have discovered foundation documents of Samsī-Addu I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/fromsamsiaddutomittanicilent18081364bc/samsiaddui/index.html]. As for the attribution of the inscription, A.K. Grayson states the following: "There is considerable uncertainty about which king the text should be ascribed to but a ruler before Shalmaneser I may be best." Both pieces are in Berlin (Vorderasiatisches Museum).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005833/] of Shalmaneser I 1008.
A clay cone from Aššur preserves parts of the first five lines of a Middle Assyrian royal inscription. Based on the king's titles, the piece cannot date earlier than the reign of Arik-dīn-ili [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/arikdinili/index.html];.A.K. Grayson suggests that it was likely written in time of Adad-nārārī I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/adadnararii/index.html], Shalmaneser I, or of Tukultī-Ninurta I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/tukultininurtai/index.html]. The fragment is housed in the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri (Istanbul).
Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/Q005834/] of Shalmaneser I 1009.
A fragment of a clay cone discovered at Aššur is likely inscribed with a text of either Adad-nārārī I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/adadnararii/index.html], Shalmaneser I, or of Tukultī-Ninurta I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/tukultininurtai/index.html]; not enough is preserved to be more precise. The object is in Berlin (Vorderasiatisches Museum).
A minuscule fragment if a clay cone from Nineveh preserves part of a text of a Middle Assyrian king, possibly Shalmaneser I. The piece was sent to London and is housed in the British Museum.
Jamie Novotny
Jamie Novotny, 'Texts nos. 1001-1011', The Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo) Project, The RIAo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2017 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/shalmaneseri/texts10011011/]