Assyrian Royal Inscriptions

GPTKB entity

Statements (53)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:historical_documents
corpus
gptkbp:cataloguedIn RINAP (Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period)
RIMA (Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia Assyrian Period)
gptkbp:discoveredIn gptkb:Nimrud
gptkb:Khorsabad
gptkb:Nineveh
gptkbp:genre royal inscription
gptkbp:hasInscription statues
gates
prisms
tablets
walls
stelae
cylinders
gptkbp:heldBy gptkb:British_Museum
gptkb:Louvre_Museum
gptkb:Pergamon_Museum
gptkb:Iraq_Museum
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Assyrian Royal Inscriptions
gptkbp:includes history
dedicatory inscriptions
building inscriptions
foundation inscriptions
military campaign records
gptkbp:language Akkadian
gptkbp:medium gptkb:ceramics
gptkb:stone
metal
gptkbp:notableRuler gptkb:Esarhaddon
gptkb:Sennacherib
gptkb:Ashurbanipal
gptkb:Tiglath-Pileser_I
gptkb:Ashurnasirpal_II
gptkbp:originatedIn gptkb:Assyria
gptkbp:purpose assert royal legitimacy
commemorate royal achievements
document military campaigns
record building projects
gptkbp:relatedTo Babylonian Royal Inscriptions
Sumerian Royal Inscriptions
gptkbp:significance primary source for Assyrian history
evidence of royal ideology
source for ancient Near Eastern chronology
gptkbp:startDate c. 14th century BCE – 7th century BCE
gptkbp:studiedBy gptkb:Austen_Henry_Layard
gptkb:Henry_Rawlinson
gptkb:Hormuzd_Rassam
Assyriologists
Edward Hincks
gptkbp:writtenBy cuneiform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:A._K._Grayson
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6