Position in chronology
Sennacherib 096
Translation — scholar edition
RINAP 3(1) Sennacherib, king of the world, king of Assyria, built the wall of Nineveh anew.
Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period, volume 3 — scholar edition (ORACC).
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Why it matters
Attests Sennacherib's rebuilding of Nineveh's city wall, situating one phase of the capital's monumental expansion within his broader programme of urban transformation after destroying Babylon in 689 BCE.
Transliteration
md30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR aš-šur / BÀD ša URU.ni-na-a GIBIL-ìš DÙ-uš
Scholarly note
Royal inscription of Sennacherib, edited by A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny (RINAP 3, 2012–2014). ORACC text Q003570.
Attribution
Image: BM 090774 (British Museum, London, UK) — from Nineveh (mod. Kuyunjik) — Photo via Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (cdli.earth/artifacts, P428346). 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/Q003570/.
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