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Source Description
This stone tablet has the same inscription as a victory monument at an important battlefield, celebrating the defeat of a coalition of Babylonians and Elamites by the Neo-Assyrians. The inscription gives details of the battle and ends with a brief account of building operations in the newly conquered area.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
9986
label
Copy of Victory Stele Inscription
core
obj
dtoType
object
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
9986
sourceUrl
contentType
object
stage
normalized
title
Copy of Victory Stele Inscription
description
This stone tablet has the same inscription as a victory monument at an important battlefield, celebrating the defeat of a coalition of Babylonians and Elamites by the Neo-Assyrians. The inscription gives details of the battle and ends with a brief account of building operations in the newly conquered area.
provenance
Edgar J. Banks, Bagdad [claimed from Nineveh]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1931, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 690 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Stone
tablets
stelae
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
63.5
height
40.6
depth
10.2
dimensionsRaw
25 x 16 x 4 in. (63.5 x 40.6 x 10.2 cm)
Source extras
cul
Neo-Assyrian
inscriptions
[Translation] On obverse: Aszszur
the great lord
father of the gods
Anum
Enlil
and Ea
Sin
Szamasz
Ada
Marduk
Nabu
Nergal
Isztar
/ the Seven [Gods]
the great gods who stand at the side of the king their worshipper
who make his weapons bitter to all [his] enemies- / Sennacherib
the great king
the mighty king
king of the universe
king of Assyria
king of the Four Corners
you desired king
protector of truth
/ [lover] of justice the one who performs favors
companion of the crippled
he who searches for goodness the perfect young man
/ the warlike male
foremost of all kings... [For transcription
see https://cdli.ucla.edu/P272833]
reign
Sennacherib (705-681 BC)
med
incised limestone
creator_ids
7763
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
bf1140cbe71cdd16