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Sm 1937 is a fragment from the upper left corner of a clay tablet that contains an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king. The text begins with the royal name, but unfortunately only the initial theophoric element AN.ŠÁR "Aššur" is preserved, indicating that the text belongs to either Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal. The tablet was part of a series since the subscript (rev. 4´) identifies it as the nis-ḫu 2-ú, "second extract." The type of object upon which the inscription was originally written is unknown. However, two lines from the conclusion of the text (rev. 1´–2´) parallel rev. 4´–5´ of 82-3-23,12 (unpublished), another tablet of a Neo-Assyrian king whose subscript (rev. 6´) states that its text was written upon an úsu-mit-te "stele." This could suggest that the present inscription was also intended for such an object. Moreover, compare Leichty, RINAP 4 pp. 103–109 Esarhaddon 48 (Aššur-Babylon A), which is the first extract of an inscription that was copied from the left side of a stele (lines 109–110).
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This fragment, K 9155, comes from the bottom half of a small clay tablet and contains an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal. The inscription mentions several deities — Ninurta, the Queen of Nineveh, the Lady of Arbela, Gula, and the Sebetti, with more likely named in the portion of the obverse that is now broken away — along with a short statement about what each of these deities did for the king. Nothing in the inscription allows for a specific identification of the ruler to whom it belongs, although the language of the text is generally reminiscent of those two Neo-Assyrian kings. Obv. 9´–12´ are written on the bottom edge of the tablet.
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A fragment (K 6371) from the middle section of one face of a clay tablet preserves parts of seven lines of text from an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, perhaps Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal. With so little of the text preserved, the identification of the Assyrian ruler to whom it belongs is based on a reference to the DUMU LUGAL-u-ti "heir designate" (line 4´), the position to which Ashurbanipal was appointed during Esarhaddon's reign in order to ensure a smooth transition of power from one ruler to the next.
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A tablet fragment, 82-3-23,125, that only preserves a small portion of two faces near the top of a tablet contains part of an account of the conflict between an Assyrian king and Taharqa, the king of Egypt, thus indicating that the tablet belongs to either Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal. The subscript (rev. 4´) records that the tablet's contents were inscribed inside the cella (atmanu) of a temple to one of the gods, but the name of the deity is not preserved due to damage. If the text belongs to the reign of Ashurbanipal, it is possible that the inscription is related to his building activity on the temple of the god Sîn in the city Ḫarrān since the "Large Egyptian Tablets" (Jeffers and Novotny, RINAP 5/2 pp. 277–286 Asb. 207 [LET]) record that king's Egyptian campaigns as a historical prelude to the building account for that temple, which specifically mentions the refurbishment of the god Sîn's cella. In his analysis, M. Streck (Asb. pp. LX–LXI) classified the tablet with those that he believed contain drafts or models for epigraphs to be carved on stone slabs. The inscription has not been collated and is based on Bauer's copy (Asb. pl. 59).
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A small fragment from the middle of one face of a clay tablet contains a text belonging to a late Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Ashurbanipal. Although there is nothing preserved in the inscription that allows for a definitive ascription to a specific Assyrian king, the language of the text might reflect an account of Ashurbanipal's conflict with either Taharqa, the king of Egypt, or Teumman, the king of Elam.
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A fragment from the upper left corner of a clay tablet preserves part of a historical inscription of an Assyrian king, most likely Ashurbanipal. Little of the original inscription is preserved, but the last line of the text (rev. 9´) mentions the Elamites. Moreover, this tablet may have belonged to a series given that rev. 9´ is on the top edge of the tablet and thus likely served as the catchline for the next tablet of the series.
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An inscription of a Neo-Assyrian king is found on a fragment from the right side of one face of a clay tablet. The fragment only preserves parts of ten lines of text, however, it mentions Egypt and Kush, as well as some form of direct speech about Babylonia. Thus, the fragment might belong to the reign of Ashurbanipal, although this is not certain since such locations are also mentioned in texts of Esarhaddon.
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A flake from a clay tablet (K 16776) contains an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Ashurbanipal. This fragment preserves very little of the original text, but it mentions Babylon and what language of the inscription is preserved in line 2´ appears to mirror that found in texts of Ashurbanipal.
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Parts of only eleven lines of text are preserved on a tablet fragment containing an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king. The attribution is uncertain given that the tablet's contents do not preserve sufficient information to enable a definitive determination, but the language of the fragment (especially line 7´) is generally reminiscent of Ashurbanipal's inscriptions.
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K 6868 + K 9248 is a fragment that preserves parts of two faces from the center of a clay tablet and contains an inscription of a late Neo-Assyrian king, possibly Ashurbanipal. The inscription appears to have been drafted for the fashioning of several objects for the goddess Ištar — including a curtain (TÚG.mar-du-tu, rev. 3´) and a statue of the goddess (rev. 4´) — that were presumably to be set up in one of her temples, although no temple name is extant. What is preserved of the obverse describes the Assyrian king's devotion to Ištar and her care in protecting and guiding him in preparation for his tenure as king. Very little remains of the military report of the inscription (rev. 1´–3´a), but it makes mention of the king's capture of an enemy who had fled into the mountains.
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Joshua Jeffers
Joshua Jeffers, 'Uncertain Texts, Part 1 (text nos. 1001-1010)', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/RINAP53TextIntroductions/Ashurbanipal/UncertainTexts,Part1texts1001-1010/]