Inscriptions

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This short inscription is written on thirteen bronze objects including twelve bronze arrow heads said to come from Luristan and now part of the Faroughi collection (exs. 1-4), the Ligabue collection (exs. 5-7) and the Collection of Antiquités Orientales of the Musée du Louvre (exs. 8-12), and one bronze sword seen by W.G. Lambert on the antiquities market in 1988.
The Akkadian inscription, arranged both on the obverse and the reverse of the objects, states that they were the property of Nabû-mukīn-apli, king of the world.

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Bibliography

• Dossin 1962, p. 161 (exs. 1-4, edition)
• Lambert 1968-1969, p. 9 no. 3 (ex. 5, edition)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 165 nos. 70-73 (exs. 1-4, transliteration)
• Salvini 1980, pp. 315-317 (exs. 6-7, transliteration; ex. 6, translation)
• Fales 1989, p. 246 nos. 77 [93 of bibliography] (ex. 7), 78 [92] (ex. 5), and 79 [94] (ex. 6) (exs. 5-7, composite edition)
• Sass 1989, p. 351 no. 6 (exs. 1-5, edition)
• Frame 1995, pp. 92-93 (exs. 1-13, edition)

• Dossin 1962, pl. XXVIII no. 21 (exs. 1-3, photo)
• Lambert 1968-1969, p. 9 fig. 4 (ex. 5, copy)
• Salvini 1980, pls. I-II (exs. 6-7, photo, copy)
• Fales 1989, p. 246 nos. 77 [93 of bibliography] (ex. 7), 78 [92] (ex. 5), and 79 [94] (ex. 6) (exs. 5-7, photo)

• Brinkman 1968, p. 173 and p. 344 no. 19.2.1 (exs. 1-4, study)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 74 nos. 70-73 (exs. 1-4, study)
• Moorey 1971, p. 33 nos. 7-8 (exs. 1-5, study)
• Brinkman and Brinkman 1972, p. 93 n. 11 (exs. 2, 5, study)
• Fales 1989, p. 246 nos. 77 [93 of bibliography] (ex. 7), 78 [92] (ex. 5), and 79 [94] (ex. 6) (exs. 5-7, study)

The inscription is written on a bronze situla of unknown provenance but comparable to similar objects said to have come from Luristan. The exemplar is preserved in two fragments not joining and now part of a private collection.
The Akkadian inscription ascribes the property of the object to Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, presented as son of the king. Relaying on the inscriptions 2002 and 2003, which record the prince Rīmūt-ilī as "chief administrator of the temples," as well as on a kudurru dating to the reign of Nabû-mukīn-apli, in which Rīmūt-ilī is mentioned with the same title after a prince by the name of Ninurta-kudurrī-uṣur, it is most probable that the owner of the situla was the son and the eventual successor of Nabû-mukīn-apli, even if the assignment of this inscription remains unproven.

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Bibliography

• Amandry 1966, pp. 66-67 (translation)
• Calmeyer 1966, pp. 69-70 (transliteration)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 166 no. 79 (transliteration)
• Calmeyer 1973, p. 148 (transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 93-94 (edition)

• Amandry 1966, p. 59 fig. 3 and pl. 13 nos. 3a-b (photo, copy)
• Calmeyer 1973, p. 25 and pl. 6 fig. 2 no. A 12 (photo, copy)

• Amandry 1966, p. 59 no. 3 and pp. 66-67 (study)
• Calmeyer 1966, pp. 69-70 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 163 and 344-345 no. 19.2.4 (study)
• Moorey 1971, p. 33 no. 2 (study)
• Calmeyer 1973, pp. 24-25 (study)

This inscription is written on a bronze situla measuring 15.3 cm in height and once part of the collection of Mrs. William H. Moore. Unknown is the original provenance of the object, said however to come from Luristan, as well as its current location.
The Akkadian inscription states the ownership of Rīmūt-ilī, who is presented with the title "chief administrator of the temples" and who is therefore most probably identifiable with the son of Nabû-mukīn-apli, since he is mentioned with the same title on a kudurru dating to the reign of this king.

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Bibliography

• Langdon in Pope 1938, pp. 280 and 284 no. 13 (edition)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 166 no. 80 (transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 94-95 (edition)

• Pope 1932, p. 614 fig. 5 (photo)
• Contenau 1938, p. 36 and fig. 9 (drawing of object)
• Langdon in Pope 1938, p. 284 no. 13 and 4 pl. 70A (photo, copy in type)
• Contenau 1947, p. 2174 fig. 1210 right (drawing of object)
• Calmeyer 1965, pp. 42-43 no. N1 (drawing of object)
• Calmeyer 1973, p. 81 (drawing of object)

• Dussaud in Pope 1938, p. 272 (study of object)
• Calmeyer 1965, pp. 42-43 no. N1 (study)
• Amandry 1966, p. 66 (study)
• Calmeyer 1966, p. 69 no. N1 (study)
• Borger 1967, p. 415 (study)
• Brinkman 1968, pp. 174 and 345 no. 19.2.5 (study)
• Herzfeld 1968, pp. 27 and 31 no. 16 (study)
• Moorey 1971, p. 33 no. 1 (study)
• Calmeyer 1973, pp. 80-81 (study)

This short inscription is written on three bronze arrow heads of unknown provenance but comparable to similar objects said to come from Luristan. The first exemplar is part of the A. Mazda collection, whereas the second one of the Collection of Antiquités Orientales of the Musée du Louvre. As for the third exemplar, the piece, preserved in a private collection, could be a modern forgery according to R. Borger due to the mirror writing and the abnormal forms of two of the signs inscribed on it.
The Akkadian inscription, arranged both on the obverse and the reverse of the objects, states that they were the property of the prince Rīmūt-ilī, identifiable with the son of Nabû-mukīn-apli mentioned also on a kudurru dating to the reign of this king.

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Bibliography

• Calmeyer 1969, p. 166 no. 81 (ex. 1, transliteration)
• Nougayrol 1971, p. 179 (ex. 3, edition)
• Sass 1989, p. 351 no. 7 (ex. 1, edition)
• Frame 1995, pp. 95-96 (edition)

• Calmeyer 1969, p. 75 fig. 75 (ex. 1, copy)
• Nougayrol 1971, p. 179 (ex. 3, copy)

The inscription is written on a bronze arrow head said to have come from Luristan and now in the Faroughi collection.
The Akkadian inscription, as in other similar objects of the same time arranged both on the obverse and the reverse, ascribes the property of the object to Mār-bīti-šuma-ibni, who is presented with the military title of sakrumaš and who is tentatively identifiable with an official of the time of Nabû-mukīn-apli recorded also on a kudurru dating to the reign of this king.

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Bibliography

• Dossin 1962, p. 161 (edition)
• Calmeyer 1969, p. 165 no. 74 (transliteration)
• Sass 1989, p. 351 no. 8 (edition)
• Frame 1995, p. 96 (edition)

• Dossin 1962, pl. XXVIII no. 20 (photo)

• Brinkman 1968, pp. 11-12 no. 7 and p. 345 no. 19.2.6 (study)

This inscription is engraved upon an iron dagger measuring 24.05 cm in length and once part of the collection of Dr. F. Bach. Unknown is the original provenance of the object, mentioned however by P. Calmeyer in his studies of bronzes coming from Luristan and Kermanshah, as well as its current location, after being sold at auction in Paris in 1973.
The Akkadian inscription, not chiselled onto the piece but already impressed into the wax mould and therefore now unclear in spots, states the ownership of Ninurta-nādin-šumi, son of Šerik, the sakrumaš-official, who can be tentatively identifiable with an individual bearing the same name and title recorded in a kudurru of the time of Nabû-mukīn-apli.

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Bibliography

• Calmeyer 1969, p. 166 no. 82 (transliteration)
• Frame 1995, pp. 96-97 (edition)

• Ratton 1973, no. 53 (study)

Giulia Lentini

Giulia Lentini, 'Inscriptions', RIBo, Babylon 6: The Inscriptions of the Period of the Uncertain Dynasties, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2024 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/EarlyFirstMillenniumRulers/Nabu-mukin-apli/Inscriptions/]