Position in chronology
Sennacherib 1024
Translation · reference
High confidence(1') [...] Marduk (-) [...] ... in the territor[y of ...] ... insi[de ... obedi]ence and pea[ce ...] ... [...] ... the god Sîn [...] ... as far as the city [... whom I/he en]trust[ed ...] ... [...]
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/Q004080/
Why it matters
Preserves Sennacherib invoking both Marduk and Sîn in a territorial context — fragmentary evidence bearing on the contested question of how he framed divine authority after his sack of Babylon in 689 BCE.
Transliteration
[...] x dAMAR.⸢UTU⸣-[...] / [...]-⸢ú⸣ [...] / [...] x-šú i-na er-ṣe-⸢et⸣ [...] / [...] x x-šú ina qé-⸢reb⸣ [...] / [... taš]-⸢me⸣-e u sa-li-[me ...] / [...] x ki MAŠ ŠUM ⸢ta?⸣ [...] / [...]-⸢ḫa⸣-pi-ia d30 x [...] / [...] x ḪAR ra x ⸢a-di URU⸣.[...] / [... ú]-⸢paq⸣-qí-[du? x] x [...] / [...] x x [...]
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q004080.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P466806). 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/Q004080/.
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