In this Book
- The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704–681 BC), Part 1
- Book
- 2012
- Published by: Penn State University Press
- Series: Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period
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.
Table of Contents
- Title, Copyright
- pp. i-vi
- Table of Contents
- pp. vii-xii
- Editorial Notes
- pp. xvii-xviii
- Bibliographical Abbreviations
- pp. xix-xxvi
- Other Abbreviations
- pp. xxvii-xxviii
- Object Signatures
- pp. xxix-xxx
- Introduction
- pp. 1-28
- Nineveh Cylinders - Nos. 1-13
- pp. 29-87
- Octagonal prisms - Nos. 14-18
- pp. 87-161
- Hexagonal prisms - Nos. 19-26
- pp. 161-210
- Miscellaneous prisms - Nos. 27-33
- pp. 211-219
- Stone Tablets - Nos. 34-37
- pp. 219-237
- Steles - No. 38
- pp. 237-242
- Minor Variants and Comments
- pp. 243-248
- Index of Museum Numbers
- pp. 249-254
- Index of Excavation Numbers
- pp. 255-256
- Index of Names
- pp. 257-264
- Concordances of Selected Publications
- pp. 265-267
Additional Information
Copyright
2012