King's stele with relief and inscription
King's stele with relief and inscription
3D
Published 2018-06-06T14:35:46+00:00
This limestone stele shows the King Sennacherib, praying in front of divine symbols. The inscription is as follows:
"Sennacherib, the great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of Assyria, king of the four regions (of the world), favourite of the great gods. (the god) Ashur and (the goddess) Ishtar have given me an invincible weapon and have opened my hand for the destruction of the enemies of Assyria. Trusting in their great might, I led my armies from one end of the earth to the other, and brought in submission at my feet all princes, dwelling in palaces, of the four quarters, and they assumed my yoke. At that time, I enlarged the site of Nineveh, my royal city, I made its "market streets" wide enough to run a royal road, and made it shine like the day. The wall and outer wall I caused to be skillfully construced and raised them mountain high. (...) If ever (any one of) the people who dwell in that city tears down his old house and builds a new one, and the foundation of his house encroaches upon the royal road, they shall hang him upon a stake over his house."
| 发表的日期 | 06/06/2018 |
| 复杂程度 | 容易 |
| 标题 | King's steele with relief and inscription |
| Date | 705-681 BC |
| 加入 | Inv. No. 1 |
| 媒介 | Limestone |
| Record | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C4%B0stanbul_Archaeology_Museums |
| 位置 | Istanbul Museum of the Ancient Orient |
