Position in chronology
Sennacherib 152
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) [Sennacher]ib, great king, str[ong] king, [king of the world, king of Assyria], king of the [fou]r quarters (of the world), favorite of the great gods: [The god Aššur (...) made] (all of) the insubmissi[ve] kings [from the rising sun] to the setting sun [bow down at his feet and] they (now) pull his yoke. (4b) At that time, during [... the Rear Palace, which] is inside Nineveh, f[or ...] mules ... [...] the submission of [...] to the yoke and [...] the overseeing of everything, as much as th[ere was, ...] who I made bow down at my feet ... [...] (10) [...] pendû-stone — a stone for…
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/Q003957/
Why it matters
Attests Sennacherib's building activity at the Rear Palace in Nineveh alongside his standard universal-dominion titulary, anchoring both the structure's chronology and the ideological framework Assyrian kings used to legitimise conquest.
Transliteration
[md30-PAP.MEŠ-eri]-ba LUGAL GAL LUGAL dan-[nu LUGAL ŠÚ LUGAL KUR aš-šur.KI] / ⸢LUGAL kib-rat⸣ [LÍMMU]-⸢tim⸣ mi-gir DINGIR.MEŠ GAL.MEŠ [daš-šur (...) TA ṣi-it dšam-ši] / a-di e-reb dšam-ši LUGAL.MEŠ-ni la ma-⸢gi⸣-[ri še-pu-uš-šú ú-šak-niš-ma]1 / ⸢i-šu-ṭu⸣ ab-šá-an-šú e-nu-šú ina x [... É.GAL? ku-tal-li?]2 / [ša] ⸢qé⸣-reb URU.ni-na-a a-[na? ...]3 / x ⸢ANŠE⸣.KUNGA.MEŠ áš-šú x [...] / ⸢šuk-nu⸣-ši…
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003957.
Attribution
Image: BM — (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P397416). 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/Q003957/.
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