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Sennacherib 029
Translation · reference
High confidence(i' 1') I forcibly remo[ved the gods of] his father’s house, himself, [his] wife, [his sons, his daughters], his [brother]s, (and other) offspring of his father’s house [and t]ook him [to Assyria. I s]et Šarru-lū-dāri, son of [Rūkibtu, th]eir former [king, over the people of the city Ashke[lon] (i´ 5´) and [imposed upon hi]m the payment of tribute (and) gifts (in recognition) of [my] overlords[hip] so that he (now) pulls [my] yok[e]. (i' 7') [In the course of] my campaign, I surrounded, conquered, (and) [plundered] the cities Bīt-Daganna, [Jopp]a, Banayabarqa, (and) [Azuru, the cities] of Ṣidqâ [that had not sub]mitted [to me quickly. (As for) the governors], the nobles, [...]
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/Q003503/
Why it matters
Records Sennacherib's 701 BCE Levantine campaign — the deportation of Ashkelon's king, his dynastic replacement, and the sack of Philistine coastal cities — corroborating and expanding the biblical account of his western expedition.
Transliteration
[... DINGIR.MEŠ] ⸢É AD⸣-šú šá-a-šú ⸢DAM⸣-[su DUMU.MEŠ-šú] / [DUMU.MUNUS.MEŠ-šú ŠEŠ].MEŠ-šú NUMUN É AD-šú as-⸢su⸣-[ḫa-ma] / [a-na KUR aš-šur.KI ú]-⸢ra⸣-áš-šú mLUGAL-lu-dà-ri DUMU ⸢m⸣[ru-kib-ti] / [LUGAL-šú]-⸢nu⸣ maḫ-ru-ú UGU UN.MEŠ URU.is-⸢qa⸣-[al-lu-na] / [áš]-⸢kun⸣-ma na-dan GUN kàd-re-e be-lu-[ti-ia] / [e-mid-su]-ú-ma i-šá-a-aṭ ab-šá-⸢a⸣-[ni] / [i-na me-ti-iq] ⸢ger⸣-ri-ia URU.É-da-gan-⸢na⸣ /…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003503.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P426226). 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/Q003503/.
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