The Assyrian kings claimed that their power was derived from this deity, and in one of the inscriptions it is said that
“The universal king,[[72]] king of Assyria, the king whom Assur,
King of the spirits of heaven, appointed with a kingdom,
Without rival has filled his hand.
From the great sea of the rising of the sun
To the great sea of the setting of the sun
His hand conquered and has subdued in all entirety.”
In the inscriptions of Shalmanesar II, all honor is also ascribed to this god; he is invoked as “Assur, the great lord, the king of all the great gods.”
And it is said: “By the command of Assur, the great lord, my lord,
I approached the mountain of Shitamrat—