Assur Archive 18

other · 720 BC – 2099 AD

In the area of the western outer wall of the prince’s palace in Assur, in lA9II, as well as in other parts of the palace, a library and an archive were found. Assur Archive 16 consists of at least 89 clay tablets, a small prism and two cylinder fragments, as well as an Aramaic docket. The texts date from 708 to 658 BC, with one text dating to the time of Adad-nirari I (1305–1274 BC). The texts mostly consist of incantations, including incantations for protection, against sickness or against an enemy. Other texts include prescriptions against sickness, a portion of the poem of the righteous sufferer, a hemerology, a list of eponyms, historical texts, as well as administrative documents such as a list of cow- and sheep-hides, a letter, a field purchase document, a legal settlement, and the Aramaic docket.

Coordinates
35.45955, 43.26151
Also known as
Assur Archive 16 (en), Assur Archive 17 (en), Assur Archive 19 (en), Assur Archive 20 (en), Assur Archive 21 (en), Assur Archive 23 (en), Assur Archive 49 (en), Assur Archive 50 (en), Assur Archive 51 (en), Assur Archive 53 (en), N 2 Archive (en), N 2M Archive (en), N 3 Archive (en), N 34 Archive (en), N 35 Archive (en), N 4 Archive (en), N 5 Archive (en), N 6 Archive (en), N 8 Archive (en)
Dating
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Sources

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