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Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib i, King of Assyria, About B. C. 1275: Edited and Translated From a Memorial Tablet in the British Museum (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology) (in English)
Leonard William King (Author)
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Cambridge University Press
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Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib i, King of Assyria, About B. C. 1275: Edited and Translated From a Memorial Tablet in the British Museum (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology) (in English) - Leonard William King
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Synopsis "Records of the Reign of Tukulti-Ninib i, King of Assyria, About B. C. 1275: Edited and Translated From a Memorial Tablet in the British Museum (Cambridge Library Collection - Archaeology) (in English)"
In the preface to this 1904 work by Leonard King (1869–1919) of the British Museum's department of Egyptian and Assyrian antiquities, he states that the text it presents 'is of great historical value, inasmuch as it supplements our knowledge of the history of Assyria and her relations with Babylonia during the early part of the thirteenth century BC'. The tablet containing the text was buried under the wall of a city founded by King Tukulti-Ninib I (transliterated as Tukulti-Ninurta by modern scholars), to commemorate its building and his previous military achievements, which included the invasion of Babylonia. This account confirms earlier documents, and gives more detail on the chronology of a crucial period in the ancient history of the Near East. The book offers a lengthy introduction on the tablet and on the tradition of such foundation documents, as well as the cuneiform text and a parallel translation, along with an appendix of related documents.
