Position in chronology
Sennacherib 028
Translation · reference
High confidence(i' 1) [I brought out] and I coun[ted] (them) as booty. (i' 2) [Once again] I destroyed (and) [devastated] his [cit]ies,
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/Q003502/
Why it matters
Chronicles Sennacherib's systematic destruction and looting of enemy cities, adding a datable Assyrian royal voice to the archaeological record of Neo-Assyrian military campaigns ca. 695 BCE.
Transliteration
[ú-še-ṣa-am]-⸢ma⸣ šal-la-tiš ⸢am⸣-[nu] / [ú-ter-ma URU].⸢MEŠ-šú⸣ ap-⸢pul⸣ [aq-qur]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003502.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P403543). 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/Q003502/.
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