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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.

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  1. Cover
  2. p. 1
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  1. Title, Copyright
  2. pp. i-vi
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  1. Table of Contents
  2. pp. vii-xii
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  1. Foreword
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  1. Preface
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  1. Editorial Notes
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  1. Bibliographical Abbreviations
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  1. Other Abbreviations
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  1. Object Signatures
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  1. Introduction
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  1. Nineveh Cylinders - Nos. 1-13
  2. pp. 29-87
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  1. Octagonal prisms - Nos. 14-18
  2. pp. 87-161
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  1. Hexagonal prisms - Nos. 19-26
  2. pp. 161-210
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  1. Miscellaneous prisms - Nos. 27-33
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  1. Stone Tablets - Nos. 34-37
  2. pp. 219-237
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  1. Steles - No. 38
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  1. Minor Variants and Comments
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  1. Index of Museum Numbers
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  1. Index of Excavation Numbers
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  1. Index of Names
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  1. Concordances of Selected Publications
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