Position in chronology
Sennacherib 216
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) For the god Nergal, his lord: Sennacherib, king of Assyria, built (and) completed Egallammes, which is in the city Tarbiṣu, from its foundations to its crenellations.
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/Q004021/
Why it matters
Records Sennacherib's construction of Egallammes, the temple of Nergal at Tarbiṣu — fixing the god's cult site to that city and the building's completion within Sennacherib's reign.
Transliteration
a-na dU.GUR EN-šú / md30-ŠEŠ.MEŠ-eri-ba / MAN KUR aš-šur é-gal-lam-mes / šá qé-reb URU.tar-bi-ṣi / ul-tú UŠ₈-šú a-di gaba-dib-bi-šú / DÙ-uš ú-šak-lil
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q004021.
Attribution
Image: BM 090217 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Tarbisu (mod. Tell Sherif Khan) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P427846). 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/Q004021/.
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