Kalhu Inscriptions (text nos. 19-20)

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Numerous clay cylinders discovered in the debris of Ezida ("True House") at Kalḫu are inscribed with a text stating that Sîn-šarra-iškun had (part) of the god Nabû's temple rebuilt; Adad-nārārī III is cited as a previous builder. Because the inscription's building report is poorly preserved, the full extent of the renovation project is not entirely certain. The king claims that the work was carried out according to the craft of the incantation-priest, that (some of) the foundations were relaid, that he built (part of) the superstructure (presumably from the foundations to the crenellations), did something with its "grand designs," and returned the temple's divine owners Nabû and Tašmētu to their daises. The work, if the inscription is to be believed, started in his accession year (627 BC); however, it is very likely that this is just royal rhetoric. The dated cylinders were inscribed in the eponymy of Daddî, the treasurer (622*). In scholarly literature, this text is generally referred to as "Cylinder B."

Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q003880/] of Sîn-šarra-iškun 19.

Sources: (1) K 01662 (+) Sumer 44 no. 5 (2) ND 04315 (3) ND 01123 (4) K 01663 (5) K 01664 (6) BM 123414 (1932-12-10, 0357) (7) ND 06209 (8) ND 04314 (9) ND 04313 (10) ND 04312 (11) ND 04323 (12) Bu 1889-04-26, 0154 (13) ND 06222 (14) ND 06221

Bibliography

1914 King, CT 34 pls. 2–7 (exs. 1, 4–5, copy)

1916 Streck, Asb. pp. CCVII–CCXVIII, 382–389, and 838–839 (exs. 1, 4–5, edition)

1926 Luckenbill, ARAB 2 pp. 409–410 §§1137–1141 and 412 §§1148–1149 (exs. 1,4, translation)

1952 Wiseman, Iraq 14 pp. 66 and 68 (pl. XXII) (ex. 3, copy, study)

1952–53 Falkner, AfO 16 pp. 305–306 (exs. 1, 4–5, study)

1964 Wiseman, Iraq 26 pp. 122–124 and pl. XXVII (exs. 2, 8–11, copy, study)

1965 Borger, JCS 19 pp. 68 and 76–78 (exs. 1–5, 8–11, transliteration, study)

1968 Millard, Iraq 30 p. 111 and pl. XXVI (ex. 6, copy, study)

1972 Grayson, Studies Winnett pp. 57–68 (study)

1985–86 Mahmud and Black, Sumer 44 pp. 137 and 152 no. 5 (ex. 1, copy)

1990 Weissert, NABU 1990/4 pp. 103–105 no. 126 (ex. 1, study)

1996 Borger, BIWA pp. 351, 357 and LoBl 113 (ex. 12; transliteration; exs. 6, 12, study)

2002 Novotny, PNA 3/1 p. 1143 (study)

2009 Novotny and Van Buylaere, Studies Oded pp. 218–241 (edition, study; exs. 7, 11–13, copy)

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A proprietary label on a clay sealing discovered in the Review Palace at Kalḫu records that the object to which the bulla was attached was the property of Sîn-šarra-iškun.

Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap5/Q006204/] of Sîn-šarra-iškun 20.

Source: IM 060592 (ND 06228)

Bibliography

1984 Dalley and Postgate, CTN 3 no. 83 (edition, copy)

2002 Novotny, PNA 3/1 p. 1143 (study)

2009 Novotny and Van Buylaere, Studies Oded p. 218 (study)

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Kalhu Inscriptions (text nos. 19-20)', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2022 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/rinap52and53/sinsharraishkun/kalhuinscriptions/]