Una inscripción de Senaquerib en la Real Academia de la Historia

Abstract

Among the pieces of the Gabinete de Antigüedades of the Real Academia de la Historia we find one inscription of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) which comes from his palace in Nineveh. Some innacuracies in the former editions of the text by J. F. Riaño (1895) and J. M. Peñuela (1966), new data emerged from the catalogue work of the pieces kept in the aforementioned Gabinete de Antigüedades, as well as the publication of recent and important works on the epigraphy and sculptures of Sennacherib's palace recommended the review of some aspects of the inscription. This was probably torne out from Room IX around 1850, in particular from the back of one of its relief slabs. The text was not accordingly intended for public reading. The cuneiform inscription mentions Sennacherib's palace and titles, possibly as a means of associating the name of the king with his monumental works. A small part of these, namely two beautiful reliefs, are also kept at the RAH, and probably come from the same room of the Palace.