Position in chronology
Sennacherib 098
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Sennacherib, king of the world, king of [Assyria], built a house in connection with the start of the work on the wall of Ninev[eh] for his son and ga[ve (it to him)].
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/Q003572/
Why it matters
Records Sennacherib granting his son a house tied to the construction of Nineveh's city wall — linking royal family patronage directly to the great building programme that defined his reign.
Transliteration
md30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN ŠÚ MAN [KUR AŠ] / TA ṣa-bat BÀD šá URU.ni-⸢na?⸣-[a] / É a-na ⸢DUMU?-šú? DÙ?-ma?⸣ id-[di-in]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003572.
Attribution
Image: BM 137478 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P428608). 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/Q003572/.
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