Texts nos. 1001-1012 and 2001

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1001

A fragmentarily persevered clay tablet in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago is inscribed with a text of a Middle Assyrian king describing a military campaign. The object is assumed to have come from Aššur. The suggested ascription to Tukultī-Ninurta I, rather than Tiglath-pileser I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria1114884bc/tiglathpileseri/index.html], is based on the archaic form of the script and parallels with other inscriptions of Tukultī-Ninurta I.

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Source: A 03514

Bibliography

1985 Millard, ARRIM 3 p. 23 (copy)


1002

A fragment of a clay cone from Aššur may have an inscription of Tukultī-Ninurta I written on it. Parts of the building report and concluding formulae are preserved. The piece is now in Istanbul (Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri).

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Source: Ist A 03516 (Ass 10335a)

Bibliography

1984 Donbaz and Grayson, RICCA no. 103 (copy, edition)


1003

Two pieces of a stone slab discovered at Aššur are thought to have a building inscription of Tukultī-Ninurta I. The text reports that the Assyrian king renovated the temple of Aššur. It the ascription proves correct, then this text is the only piece of evidence for Tukultī-Ninurta I working on that temple. The current location of the object is not known.

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Source: Ass 17177 (+)? Ass 17178
Possible Source: Ass 17883

Bibliography

1955 Haller, Heiligtümer p. 72 (provenance)


1004

A fragment of a clay cone from Aššur likely preserves part of a text of Tukultī-Ninurta I; the contents similar, but not identical, to other inscriptions of this king. The object is in the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji Müzeleri (Istanbul).

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Source: Ist A 03469 (Ass 07893)

Bibliography

1984 Donbaz and Grayson, RICCA no. 102 (copy, edition)


1005

A fragment of a clay tablet in the Kuyunjik Collection of the British Museum (London) is inscribed with an inscription of a Middle Assyrian king. Because it mentions Babylon, the text may have been written in the name of Tukultī-Ninurta I.

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Source: Sm 1444

Bibliography

1898-99 Winckler, AOF 2 pp. 1-2 (edition)
1961 Borger, EAK 1 p. 72 (study)


1006

Two clay cones originating from Aššur preserve part of a building inscription recording the renovation of the Sîn-Šamaš temple. Since only three Assyrian kings are known to have worked on that temple, the text might be assigned to Tukultī-Ninurta I; the other two rulers are Aššur-nārārī I [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/fromsamsiaddutomittanicilent18081364bc/ashurnararii/index.html] and Ashurnasirpal II [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/theassyrianempire883745bc/ashurnasirpalii/index.html]. Both pieces are now in Istanbul (Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji).

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Sources: (1) Ist A 03556 (Ass 12956)     (2) Ist A 03474 (Ass 09728)

Bibliography

1984 Donbaz and Grayson, RICCA nos. 106-107 (copy, edition)


1007

A stone reported to have been discovered by Harford Jones in Babylon in 1801 is inscribed with a text of an Assyrian king, possibly Tukultī-Ninurta I. Despite its find spot, it has been proposed that the object originally came from Aššur and that it had been carried off to Babylon as booty, perhaps when that city fell in 614 BC. The present whereabouts of the stone are not known.

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Source: Unger, AfK 2 pp. 19–21

Bibliography

1801 J. Hager, Dissertation on the Newly Discovered Babylonian Inscriptions (London) p. XXIV and last plate (copy)
1802 H. Jones and J. Fisher, [Anonymous Publication] (London) (copy)
1924-25 Unger, AfK 2 pp. 19-21 (copy, edition)
1959 Weidner, Tn. no. 28 (edition)
1961 Borger, EAK 1 pp. 71 and 97 (study)
1972 Grayson, ARI 1 LXXVIII 28 (translation)


1008

A clay cone fragment with a text mentioning the land Uqmanu may date from the reign of Tukultī-Ninurta I. The object is now in the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago.

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Source: A 16915

Bibliography

1987 Grayson, RIMA 1 p. 297 A.0.78.1008 (edition)


1009

A clay tablet from Aššur preserves part of a Middle Assyrian inscription. Its find spot (in the terrace wall of Tukultī-Ninurta I's palace) suggests a possible attribution to Tukultī-Ninurta I. The object is now housed in the Eski Șark Eserleri Müzesi of the Arkeoloji (Istanbul).

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Source: Ist A 00707 (Ass 09202)

Bibliography

1968-69 Weidner, AfO 22 pp. 75-76 (copy, edition)
1972 Grayson, ARI 1 LXXVIII 37 (translation)


1010

A minuscule fragment of a stone object excavated at Aššur may preserve a small portion of an inscription of Tukultī-Ninurta I (or some other Middle Assyrian king). The present location of the object is not known.

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Source: Ass 13840

Bibliography

1959 Weidner, Tn. p. 4 note to iv 20 (study)
1972 Grayson, ARI 1 LXXVIII 39 (study)


1011

A clay tablet reportedly from Nineveh and now in the British Museum (London) has an inscription written in "archaic" script. That text might belong to Tukultī-Ninurta I.

Source: K 04490

Bibliography

1987 Grayson, RIMA 1 p. 299 A.0.78.1011 (study)
1987 Millard, ARRIM 5 p. 43 (copy)


1012

A clay a tablet found at Nineveh contains a Neo-Assyrian copy (note, especially, the use of the spelling aš+šur unknown from earlier inscriptions) of a Middle-Assyrian inscription, which was thought - until Grayson's edition in RIMA 1 - to belong to Aššur-dān I (as text no. 1001 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/ashurdani/index.html#ashurdan11001]) since it records the conquest of the land Irriya, an event mentioned in the so-called "Syncronic History" (Grayson, Chronicles no. 21 ii 11) as taking place in that king's reign.
J. Llop-Raduà (2003, 82-87) notes that Irriya is not otherwise known from Middle-Assyrian inscriptions (although admittedly very few inscriptions of Aššur-dān I have survived to our days), and that the Synchronic History is not a reliable source for chronology. Furthermore, he suggests to ascribe the text to the reign of Tukulti-Ninurta I on the basis of an analysis of the geographical names in the inscription, namely Ulayaš ([...]x-ia-aš, (line 8') he reads as [... KUR ú-l]a-ia-aš), Suḫu (lin 9'), Land Šadānu (line 11'), and Land Šeleni.
The piece is in the Kuyunjik Collection of the British Museum (London).

Source: K 04490

Bibliography

1987 Grayson, RIMA 1 p. 299 A.0.78.1011 (study)
1987 Millard, ARRIM 5 p. 43 (copy)
2003 Llop, ZA 93, pp. 82–7 (edition, study)


2001

An eyestone now in Paris (Lourve) is inscribed with a short inscription of one of Tukultī-Ninurta I's eunuchs: Libūr-zānin-Aššur. The bead was dedicated to the goddess Ištar on behalf of the Assyrian king.

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Source: AO 02152

Bibliography

1892 Ledrain, RA 2 p. 145 (study)
1924 Pottier, Antiquités assyriennes pp. 116-117 no. 108 (study)
1961 Borger, EAK 1 pp. 71-72 (study)
1972 Grayson, ARI 1 LXXVIII 38 (translation)
1973 Schramm, EAK 2 p. 11 (study)

Nathan Morello & Jamie Novotny

Nathan Morello & Jamie Novotny, 'Texts nos. 1001-1012 and 2001', The Royal Inscriptions of Assyria online (RIAo) Project, The RIAo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2018 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/riao/thekingdomofassyria13631115bc/tukultininurtai/texts10011012and2001/]

 
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