In Assyria, each year was named after a high official, called a limmu or līmu in Akkadian, and lists of these officials (eponyms) were compiled by the Assyrian scribes. The following list of the eponym officials for the reign of Sennacherib is based upon Millard, SAAS 2 pp. 48–51, 60–61, and 71. Dated inscriptions that are included in the present volume are also noted below. A number of inscriptions whose dates may possibly be determined with some degree of confidence (e.g., instances with a clear terminus post quem for the inscription) are given in bold.
| Year | Regnal Year | Eponym | Dated Texts |
|---|---|---|---|
| 705 | Accession year | Nasḫur-Bēl, governor of Amedi | |
| 704 | 1 | Nabû-dēnī-ēpuš, governor of Nineveh | |
| 703 | 2 | Nuḫšāya, governor of Kilizi | |
| 702 | 3 | Nabû-lēʾi, governor of Arbela | 1, 2–3, 36 |
| 701 | 4 | Ḫanānu, governor of Tīl-Barsip | |
| 700 | 5 | Mitūnu, governor of Isāna | 4 |
| 699 | 6 | Bēl-šarrāni, governor of Kurbail | 5, 6–7, 8 |
| 698 | 7 | Šulmu-šarri, governor of Ḫalzi-atbar | 14 |
| 697 | 8 | Nabû-dūrī-uṣur, governor of Tamnunna | 15 |
| 696 | 9 | Šulmu-Bēl, governor of Talmusi | 16 |
| 695 | 10 | Aššur-bēlu-uṣur, governor of Šaḫuppa/Katmuḫu | 16, 19 |
| 694 | 11 | Ilu-issīya, governor of Damascus | 17 |
| 693 | 12 | Iddin-aḫḫē, governor of Dūr-Šarrukīn | 20 |
| 692 | 13 | Zazāya, governor of Arpad | |
| 691 | 14 | Bēl-ēmuranni, governor of Carchemish | 18, 22–23 |
| 690 | 15 | Nabû-kēnu-uṣur, governor of Samaria | 35–36, 37 |
| 689 | 16 | Gaḫilu, governor of Ḫatarikka | 22 |
| 688 | 17 | Iddin-aḫḫē, governor of Ṣimirra | 24–25 |
| 687 | 18 | Sennacherib, king of Assyria | 26 |
| 686 | 19 | Bēl-ēmuranni, commander of the right | |
| 685 | 20 | Aššur-daʾʾinanni of Que | |
| 684 | 21 | Manzernê, governor of Kullania | |
| 683 | 22 | Mannu-kī-Adad of Ṣupite | |
| 682 | 23 | Nabû-šarru-uṣur, governor of Marʾaš | |
| 681 | 24 | Nabû-aḫḫē-ēreš, governor of Samʾal |
A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny
A. Kirk Grayson & Jamie Novotny, 'Eponym Dates', RINAP 3: Sennacherib, The RINAP 3 sub-project of the RINAP Project, 2019 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap3/rinap31introduction/datingandchronology/eponymdates/]