The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704-681 BC)

Clay prisms and cylinders from Nineveh carry Sennacherib's own account of his reign: battles won, enemies subdued and a capital rebuilt on a grand scale, from its walls to the palace he called the Palace Without a Rival. Here are thirty-eight of those historical inscriptions, roughly a sixth of the king's known corpus, each given a careful edition with English translation, a short introduction, a catalogue of every exemplar, technical commentary and a full bibliography.

This is the first part of the third volume in the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period series. It also offers a general introduction to the reign, its campaigns, building works and chronology, translated passages from Mesopotamian chronicles and king lists, photographs of inscribed objects, and thorough indices of names. A dependable reference for Assyriologists, historians of the ancient Near East and anyone who wants Sennacherib in his own words.