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Andrae, WEA² p. 168 (ex. 1)

One of the longest among the Assyrian royal inscriptions, this text is preserved in more than twenty exemplars, all inscribed in two columns on both faces of square and rectangular stone tablets. One notes the use of a temporal clause to introduce the detailed military descriptions; this was an expedient taken from Sumerian literature used by the author of the inscription to harmonize the military narrative in the traditional form of the inscriptions. However, the rhetorical device was misused and resulted in syntactical problems that make uneasy the comprehension for the reader. The building section records the complete restoration – the hand of Shalmaneser being particularly "tangible" on the remains of the temple, according to Andrae (WEA² p. 165) – of Eḫursagkurkurra, the Aššur temple, after a fire.

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Several clay cones from Ashur are inscribed with a text describing the rebuilding and addition of two towers to the temple of Aššur, after a fire destroyed it (see, text no. 1). The two towers are one at the Kalkal Gate and the other at the entrance to the forecourt of the god Nunnamnir, when entering the Mušlālum (or Step) Gate."

KAH 2 nos. 155-156 (exs. 4-5, copy)

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03

A stone tablet from Ashur bears another account of the reconstruction of the Ashur temple and the construction of two towers, locateda one at the Kalkal Gate and the other at the entrance to the forecourt of the god Nunnamnir, when entering the Mušlālum (or Step) Gate."

KAH 1 no. 14

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04

A further text - with nos. 1-3 - dealing with the works at the temple of Aššur. This text seems to appear on two exemplars, but the fragmentary condition fo the second leaves space for uncertainty. The two exemplars are a stone and a clay tablet.

KAH 1 no. 15

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05

Another text recording the rebuilding of the temple of Aššur, is inscribed on a stone tablet, discovered at the south-east gate of the main court of the temple.

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06

When Shalmaneser I restored the temple of the Assyrian Ištar at Ashur, he found five exemplars of Adad-nārāri I's inscription no. 15 dealing with the same temple. He then modelled after it his cown commemorative inscription, which has been retrireved on three stone tablets retrieved in Ashur.
However, it will be only his son, Tukuti-Niniurta I (text no. 11 [/riao/Q005847/]), who will finish the restoration works and redeposite Adad-nārāri's tablets to their original place.

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07

A gold tablet (measuring 34.5 × 24.1 cm) recording work on the shrine of Ninuaittu/Nunaittu ("The Ninevite Goddess") was found in a container with two tablets - one gold and one silver - with a similar content and belonging to Tukultī-Ninurta I (nos. 17).

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A piece of a stone tablet found at Ashur is inscribed with an inscription recording work on the shrine of Šerua and Dagan.

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09

KAH 2 nos. 155-156 (exs. 4-5, copy)cdli photo [https://cdli.ucla.edu/dl/photo/P452095.jpg]

A stone tablet from Ashur records the works on the Libūr-šalḫī Gate, adjacent to the shrine of the Gate of Aššur.

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10

This inscription is preserved on two exemplars, but only one of them is partly readable, whereas the other is very fragmentary. The text records work on the palace complex at Ashur.

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11

An inscription dealing with works on the new palace at Ashur was found on a piece of stone, bored lengthwise discovered by the ziqqurrat of the Adad temple, north-east of the terrace of the new palace itself.

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12

A stone tablet fragment from Ashur bears an inscription dealing with work on a structure associated with the son of the king.

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13

A piece of clay tablet discovered at the north-east corner of the Nabû temple is inscribed with a text of which only the introductory and conlcuding formulae are preserved.

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A fragmentary text on a piece of stone tablet shows an inscription of which only the introductory formula of Shalmaneser I is preserved.

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A piece of stone slab discovered in one of the rooms south-west of the great forecourt of the Aššur temple. The very fragmentary text inscribed on it has been regarded by Weidner as an exemplar of text no. 8, but in RIMA it has been treated separately with a further note on the fact that there is no evidence of this or even that the text belonged to Shalmaneser I.

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ARRIM 1 p. 2

A slab stone from Ashur discovered in the main court of the Aššur temple bears an inscription that almost duplicates text no. 1. Here, following RIMA, is only edited the passage that significantly differs, and which records works on several cities within the kingdom: Ashur, Talmuš, Arbail, Kaḫat and Isana (see also the main introduction to this king.)

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Numerous clay cones discovered at Nineveh bear an inscription of Shalmaneser I recording his renovation of the temple of the goddess Ištar. The king undertook the restorations since the building had been damaged by an earthquake that took place during the reign of Aššur-uballiṭ I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/ashuruballiti/index.html]. Samsī-Addu I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/fromsamsiaddutomittanicilent18081364bc/samsiaddui/index.html] and Aššur-uballiṭ I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/ashuruballiti/index.html] are credited as previous builders. The cones are now housed in the British Museum (London).

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Five clay cones from Nineveh bear an inscription of Shalmaneser I commemorating his restoration of the walls and ziggurat of the Ištar temple, both of which had suffered damage during an earthquake (reign of Aššur-uballiṭ I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/ashuruballiti/index.html]. The objects are now in London (British Museum).

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A badly damaged clay cone from Nineveh preserves parts of the first seven lines of a building inscription of Shalmaneser I. Like the previous two texts, it records that king's restoration of the Ištar temple Emašmaš. The object is housed in the British Museum (London).

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Jamie Novotny & Nathan Morello

Jamie Novotny & Nathan Morello, 'Texts nos. 1-19', The Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo) Project, The RIAo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2020 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/shalmaneseri/texts119/]