Position in chronology
Sennacherib 1018
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] ... [...] the great gods [... of] my [lordsh]ip [I had inscribed] upon them [...] I erected and ... [...] (5') [...] the kings, my descendants, [...] the people ... [... the] great [go]ds [...]
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/Q004074/
Why it matters
A fragmentary Sennacherib royal inscription invoking the great gods to bind future kings to his legacy — one of several RINAP 3 witnesses documenting how Assyrian rulers embedded dynastic legitimacy in monumental dedications.
Transliteration
[...] x x x x-⸢šú?⸣ [...] / [...] x DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.⸢MEŠ⸣ [...] / [... be?-lu?]-⸢ti?⸣-ia EDIN-uš-šú-⸢nu⸣ [ú-šá-áš-ṭir? ...] / [...] x ul-zi-iz-ma a-x [...] / [...] LUGAL.MEŠ DUMU.MEŠ-⸢ia⸣ [...] / [...] ⸢UN⸣.MEŠ i-x [...] / [...] ⸢DINGIR?⸣.MEŠ ⸢GAL?⸣.[MEŠ ...] / [...] x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q004074.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P400844). 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/Q004074/.
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