"Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27" Artifact Translation of VA 08146 by Albert K. Grayson
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From: Book · Albert Kirk Grayson · 1987

"Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27" is a chapter segment from a book concerning Assyrian royal inscriptions. It provides a translation and transliteration of artifact VA 08146. The work was completed by Albert Grayson. It is seven lines long.
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Akkadian ⟶ English a b

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p. 279
1né-me-ed dnusku SUKKAL.MAH sá é-kur na-ši GIŠ.GIDRUCult platform of the god Nusku, chief vizier of Ekur, bearer of
2eš-re-ti mu-zi-iz IGI daš-šur ù dBAD šá u-me-šàm-mathe just scepter, courtier of the gods Assur and Enlil, who
3te-es-le-et mGIŠ.tukul-ti-dnin-urta MAN na-ra-mi-šúdaily repeats the prayers of Tukulti-Ninurta, the king, his
p. 280
4i-na IGI daš-šur ù dBAD [ú]-š [á-n]i-ú-ma ù ši-matbeloved, in the presence of the gods Assur and Enlil and a
5kiš-[šu]-t[i-šu] i-na ŠÀ é-k[ur] . . . X-šúdestiny of power [for him] within Ekur . . . may he
6šu-me . . . li-ta-[asqar] . . . [daš ]-šur[pronounce . . . the god Ass]ur, [my] lord, . . . forever . . .
7EN-[ia] . . . a-na da-[riš] . . .. . .
Source(s) a Grayson et al., RIMA 1, 279-280 launch . b Bahrani, The Graven Image, 192 launch .

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Sourceomnika.conscious.aiRetrieval date06/26/2020
Sourceomnika.conscious.aiRetrieval date06/26/2020
Source record No.p. 279MediumPrintImage date1987Source notesGrayson et al., RIMA 1, 279.
Source record No.p. 280MediumPrintImage date1987Source notesGrayson et al., RIMA 1, 280.
Source a Grayson et al., RIMA 1, 279-280 launch .

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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27": Artifact Translation of VA 08146 by Albert K. Grayson." OMNIKA – World Mythology Index, OMNIKA Foundation, 11 Jun. 2020, omnika.org/stable/616. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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OMNIKA (2020, June 11). "Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27": Artifact Translation of VA 08146 by Albert K. Grayson. Retrieved from https://omnika.org/stable/616

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OMNIKA Foundation Contributors. ""Tukulti-Ninurta I A.0.78.27": Artifact Translation of VA 08146 by Albert K. Grayson." Las Vegas, NV: OMNIKA Foundation. Created June 11, 2020. Accessed November 5, 2025. https://omnika.org/stable/616.

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Bibliography

Bahrani, Zainab. The Graven Image: Representation in Babylonia and Assyria. Philadelphia, PA: University of Pennsylvania Press, 2011.
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Grayson, Albert K., Grant Frame, Maynard P. Maidman, and Douglas R. Frayne. Assyrian Rulers of the Third and Second Millennia BC (to 1115 BC). Vol. 1, The Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia, Assyrian Periods. Edited by Ronald F. G. Sweet. Toronto, Canada: University of Toronto Press, 1987.
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Epic of Tukulti-Ninurta I Prestige myth Myth icon
Assyrian Belief system
Aššur Main deity

Tukulti-Ninurta I, the Assyrian leader, describes his military campaigns against the Babylonians. The poetic narrative embellishes the might and power of Tukulti-Ninurta I and his army, resulting in an Assyrian victory. A statue of the chief Babylonian deity, Marduk, was stolen and taken to the Assyrian capital.

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