Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC), Part 1
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The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC), Part 1 (Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period 3/1) provides reliable, up-to-date editions of thirty-eight historical inscriptions of Sennacherib. The texts edited in RINAP 3/1, which comprise approximately a sixth of the Sennacherib known corpus of inscriptions, were inscribed on clay cylinders, clay prisms, stone tablets, and stone steles from Nineveh; describe his many victories on the battlefield; and record numerous construction projects at Nineveh, including the city’s walls and the “Palace Without a Rival.” Each text edition (with its English translation) is supplied with a brief introduction containing general information, a catalogue containing basic information about all exemplars, a commentary containing further technical information and notes, and a comprehensive bibliography.
RINAP 3/1 also includes: (1) a general introduction to the reign of Sennacherib, his military campaigns, his building activities at Nineveh, the corpus of inscriptions, previous studies, and dating and chronology; (2) translations of the relevant passages of several Mesopotamian chronicles and kinglists; (3) several photographs of objects inscribed with texts of Sennacherib; (4) indices of museum and excavation numbers and selected publications; and (5) indices of proper names (Personal Names; Geographic, Ethnic, and Tribal Names; Divine, Planet, and Star Names; Gate, Palace, Temple, and Wall Names; and Object Names).
The RINAP Project is under the direction of G. Frame (University of Pennsylvania) and is supported by the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The series Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period presents editions (transliterations, translations, and textual commentary) of the official inscriptions of the rulers of Assyria from 745 to 609 BC. These inscriptions are mostly written in the Akkadian language and describe the military campaigns and building projects of these rulers, who reigned during the height of the Assyrian empire. Preserved on clay, stone, and metal artifacts from Iraq, Syria, Iran, and Turkey, these inscriptions document the march of Assyrian armies from their homeland in northern Iraq across the entire Near East, from Iran in the East to Egypt in the West, at a time when Assyria controlled the biblical kingdoms of Israel and Judah.