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Several clay cylinders discovered at Nineveh, including a few found by L.W. King, appear to have the same inscription of Sîn-šarra-iškun written on them. That text, at least according to one exemplar, records the renovation of the western entrance of the "Palace Without a Rival" (South-West Palace) at Nineveh; Sîn-šarra-iškun calls his great grandfather's royal residence the "Alabaster House," which undoubtedly refers to its numerous sculpted and inscribed limestone slabs and colossal apotropaic figures. In addition to boasting that he rebuilt that part of the palace from its foundations to its crenellations, Sîn-šarra-iškun claims to have expanded the building's structure beyond what it had been in the reign of Sennacherib. One copy of this text, which is generally referred to in scholarly publications as "Cylinder C," was inscribed the eponymy of Nabû-tappûtī-alik, the chief eunuch (613*).
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A piece of a clay cylinder preserves part of the prologue of an inscription of Sîn-šarra-iškun. Although the royal name and the king's genealogy are completely broken, the attribution to this son of Ashurbanipal is certain based on parallels with other texts of Sîn-šarra-iškun from Nineveh, Aššur, and Kalḫu; compare text nos. 1, 6, 7, 10, and 19. Because the building account is missing, it is not known what construction project it recorded. Since the object bears a "Kuyunjik" registration number, it is generally assumed that the fragment was discovered at Nineveh. Scholars commonly refer to this text as "Cylinder D."
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A fragmentarily preserved clay cylinder of a seventh-century Assyrian king, presumably Sîn-šarra-iškun (or his father Ashurbanipal), bears an inscription that commemorates one of the king's building projects. Only parts of the introduction, concluding formulae, and date line remain. The cylinder was inscribed during the eponymy of Sîn-šarru-uṣur, governor of Ḫindānu.
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A tiny piece of a clay cylinder is inscribed with a text of a Sargonid period ruler, very likely Sîn-šarra-iškun, that records some building activity at Nineveh. Almost nothing of the inscription remains, so it is no longer possible to determine what accomplishment of the king it described. Of note, the Tigris River is mentioned.
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A small fragment of a clay cylinder, presumably from Nineveh, bears an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, most likely Ashurbanipal's son Sîn-šarra-iškun. The text is not sufficiently persevered to be able to determine which building activity it commemorated. Since the É sign appears in line 7´, the inscription probably recorded work on a palace, possibly the South-West Palace, or one of Nineveh's many temples.
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A draft or archival copy of an inscription that is similar to text no. 1 is written on a fragmentarily preserved clay tablet, possibly from Nineveh. Although the building report is completely missing, it is certain from the subscript (scribal note) that the text commemorated Sîn-šarra-iškun's work on the wall of Nineveh, which had been built by his great grandfather Sennacherib. Presumably, copies of this Akkadian inscription were written on clay cylinders (just like text nos. 1–5, 10, and 19) and deposited in the mud-brick structure of Nineveh's city wall, which went by the Sumerian ceremonial name Badnigalbilukurašušu ("Wall Whose Brilliance Overwhelms Enemies") when it was first built. Like text no. 1, this inscription is generally referred to a "Cynlider C" in scholarly publications.
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Jamie Novotny
Jamie Novotny, 'Nineveh Inscriptions (text nos. 1-6)', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP 5 sub-project of the RINAP Project, 2016 [http://oracc.org/sinsharraishkun/ninevehinscriptions/]