REIGN OF ASHURNASIRPAL II, CIRCA 883-859 B.C.

The partially-preserved inscription reads: “Palace…son of Tukulti…son of Adad.” The larger text from which this fragment originates notes that it is the property of “the palace of Ashurnasirpal, king of the universe, king of Assyria.” For the complete text, see no. 115 in A.K. Grayson, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium B.C., vol. 1. The author notes that this text is “inscribed on bricks, clay clones, clay hands, and a stone sarcophagus” and originates from a variety of sites from across the Assyrian empire.