Position in chronology
Sennacherib 026
Translation · reference
High confidence(i 1') [...] ... [... I conquered his (Marduk-apla-iddina II’s) entire land] and I coun[ted] (his people) as booty. [I destroyed, devas]tated, (and) burned with fire [his cities. ... in the city Na]gītu, where he was residing, [fear of (my lordly) brilliance] overwhelmed him and he (Marduk-apla-iddina II) disap[peared]. (i 6') [I ruined the city Ḫirimmu] and (the land of) the Yasubigallians, [...d]ānu, (and) the dista[nt] Medes [and I destr]oyed their settlements. (i 9') I took away the kingship of [Lulî, the king of] the city Sidon. (i 10´) I placed [Tu-Baʾlu] on his throne and imposed upon…
Source: Grayson, A.K. & Novotny, J. 2012–2014. The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC). RINAP 3. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3/Q003500/
Why it matters
Chronicles Sennacherib's campaigns against Marduk-apla-iddina II and the Sidon succession — naming Tu-Baʾlu as Assyrian-installed client king, a concrete case of how Nineveh reshaped Levantine rulership circa 701 BCE.
Transliteration
[...] x IŠ x [x x]1 / [gi-mir KUR-šú ak-šudud]-⸢ma⸣ šal-la-ti-iš ⸢am⸣-[nu] / [URU.MEŠ-šú ap-pul aq]-⸢qur⸣ ina dGIŠ.BAR aq-mi / [... i-na URU.na]-⸢gi⸣-ti a-šar áš-bu2 / [pul-ḫi me-lam-me] is-ḫu-up-šú-ma šá-da-šú e-[mid] / [URU.ḫi-rim-mu] ⸢ù⸣ LÚ.ia-su-bi-gal-la-a-⸢a⸣3 / [...] x-⸢da⸣-a-nu KUR.ma-da-a-a ⸢ru-qu⸣-[te] / [ú-šal-pit-ma ú-ab]-bit da-ád-me-šú-un / [ša mlu-li-i LUGAL] ⸢URU⸣.ṣi-du-ni e-kim…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003500.
Attribution
Image: BM 121025 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P422313). source
Translation excerpted from Grayson, A.K. & Novotny, J. 2012–2014. The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC). RINAP 3. University Park, PA: Eisenbrauns. https://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/rinap/rinap3/Q003500/.
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