Position in chronology
Sennacherib 219
Translation · reference
High confidence(1) Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, had the outer wall of the city Kilīzu built with baked bricks.
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/Q004024/
Why it matters
Attests Sennacherib's construction of Kilīzu's outer fortification wall in baked brick — locating this otherwise obscure Assyrian provincial town within the king's broader programme of imperial infrastructure.
Transliteration
md30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR aš-šur / BÀD.ŠUL.ḪU ša URU.DÙ-zi1 / i-na a-gúr-ri ú-še-piš
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q004024.
Attribution
Image: BM 090368 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Kilizu (mod. Qasr Shamamuk) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de/artifacts, P427981). 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/Q004024/.
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