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Sennacherib 232   Sennacherib 233  

Several paving stones of breccia from Babylon are inscribed with a text giving Sennacherib's name and his title "king of Assyria." Since he had Babylon destroyed after he captured it in 689, the inscription probably dates to his first reign over Babylonia (704–703) or when his vassal Bēl-ibni or his son Aššur-nādin-šumi sat on the throne of Babylon (702–694); Babylon is reported to have been "kingless" from 688–681.

Access the composite text [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/Q004037] of Sennacherib 232.

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Bibliography

• Koldewey 1900 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#koldewey1900b], p. 11 (translation)
• Frame 1995 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#frame1995], p. 154 (edition)
• Koldewey 1901 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#koldewey1901], p. 10 (translation)
• Unger 1931 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#unger1931], pp. 109 and 279 no. 19 (translation)

• Koldewey 1901 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#koldewey1901], pl. 4 no. v (copy)

• Koldewey 1900 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#koldewey1900], p. 11 (provenance)
• Koldewey 1901 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#koldewey1901], p. 10 (provenance)
• Unger 1924-1925 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#unger1924-1925], p. 21 no. 3 (study)
• Koldewey 1925 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/bibliography/index.html#koldewey1925], pp. 52-53 and 187, and fig. 36 (provenance, study)

A small stone lion-head finial from Sippar (or Nineveh) is inscribed with a one-line inscription of Sennacherib. The text states that Sennacherib gave the object to Esarhaddon. Since Esarhaddon appears to be referred to as "senior-ranking son," the object was probably commissioned after his official nomination as heir designate.

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Bibliography

• 1900 Koldewey, MDOG 6 p. 11 (translation, provenance)
• 1901 Koldewey, Pflastersteine p. 10 and pl. 4 v (copy, translation, provenance)
• 1924–25 Unger, AfK 2 p. 21 no. 3 (study)
• 1925 Koldewey, WEB⁴ pp. 52–53 and 187 and fig. 36 (study, provenance)
• 1931 Unger, Babylon pp. 109 and 279 no. 19 (translation)
• 1995 Frame, RIMB 2 p. 154 B.6.23.1 (edition)
• 1997 Frahm, Sanherib pp. 191–192 T 167 (transliteration, study)
• 2002 Holloway, Aššur is King p. 242 no. 11 and p. 357 (study)
• 2002 Vera Chamaza, Omnipotenz p. 309 no. 66 (edition)

Jamie Novotny

Jamie Novotny, 'Inscriptions', RIBo, Babylon 6: The Inscriptions of the Period of the Uncertain Dynasties, The RIBo Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2017 [http://oracc.museum.upenn.edu/ribo/babylon6/periodofassyriandomination/sennacherib/inscriptions/]