No inscriptions of Sîn-šuma-līšir, a man who was Aššur-etel-ilani's chief eunuch and who was probably not a member of the Assyrian royal family, are attested from either Assyria or Babylonia. This is hardly surprising because he appears to have vied for power for the entire duration that he held authority (627). Given that nearly all of his time was spent fighting against Sîn-šarra-iškun, a son of Ashurbanipal, and perhaps a few other members of the royal family, it is unlikely that any inscriptions were composed in Sîn-šuma-līšir's name. If any had been written, these inscribed objects were probably (systematically) destroyed by Sîn-šarra-iškun when he gained the upper hand, brought back civil order to Assyria, and ascended the Assyrian throne. For further information about Sîn-šuma-līšir, see pp. 31–33 of the present volume.
Jamie Novotny, Joshua Jeffers & Grant Frame
Jamie Novotny, Joshua Jeffers & Grant Frame, 'Sîn-šuma-līšir', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/rinap53/sinshumalishir/]