Sennacherib 1022

1Following E. Frahm, one could tentatively read i´ 1´–3´ as [EGIR-ia ú-še-bi-lam]-⸢ma⸣ / [a-na na-dan man]-⸢da⸣-ti / [ù e-peš ARAD-ú-ti iš-pu-ra rak]-⸢bu⸣-šú “[After my (departure), he (Hezekiah) had (payment) brought to me] and [he sent a mounted messeng]er of his [to me to deliver (this) paym]ent [and to do obeisance].” See text no. 22 iii 48–49.

2E. Frahm tentatively proposes that one could read i´ 4´ as [i-na 4-e ger-ri-ia ša ^mšu-zu-bi LÚ.kal-dà]-⸢a⸣-a “[On my fourth campaign, (the defeat) of Šūzubu (Mušēzib-Marduk), a Chald]ean.” Cf. text no. 22 iii 50 and 53. This text, like several other inscriptions of Sennacherib, begins the report of the fourth campaign in a manner different to that of the canonical account found in most of the known prisms.

3See Frahm, Sanherib pp. 238–239.

4^m⸢^d⸣[...]: Following E. Frahm, one could tentatively restore the name of Marduk-apla-iddina (II) since he is referred to as a gallû-demon in Sennacherib’s inscriptions. See, for example, text no. 1 line 17 and text no. 213 line 17. ḫi-ri-iṣ GAL₅.[LÁ] “the (very) image of a gallû-dem[on]”: This epithet is also used in the inscriptions of Sargon II and Ashurbanipal. See Fuchs, Khorsabad p. 225 Prunkinschrift line 122 (Marduk-apla-iddina II); and Borger, BIWA p. 198 66-5-19,1 line 7´ (Teumman).