nscriptions from Uncertain Provenance (text no. 21)

Sîn-šarra-iškun 21

A stone vessel, possibly from Nineveh, is inscribed with a one-line proprietary label of Sîn-šarra-iškun.

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Source: 1881-02-04, 0025A

Commentary

In addition to 81-2-4,35A, there may be a few other stone vessel fragments that bear proprietary inscription(s) of Sîn-šarra-iškun. As stated in Novotny and Jeffers, RINAP 5/1 p. 364 Asb. 68 and p. 365 Asb. 69, these are 82-5-22,603A, BM 118779 (K 8551, 82-5-22,607A), Ki 1902-5-10,25, Sm 2243, Sm 2220, and 55-12-5,11. See Searight, Assyrian Stone Vessels p. 23 nos. 62 and 64, p. 25 no. 82, p. 26 no. 89, and p. 56 nos. 389 and 391. As far as 82-5-22,603A, BM 118779, and Ki 1902-5-10,25 are preserved, the texts on these three vessel fragments read: [...] MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AŠ.KI A [...] "[...], king of the world, king of Assyria, son of [..., ...]" (82-5-22,603A); [...] ⸢A⸣ ^mdAN.ŠÁR-PAP-AŠ MAN KUR AŠ.KI A [^m]⸢^d⸣30-PAP-MEŠ-SU [...] "[...], son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, [...]" (BM 118779); and [... A ^mdAN.ŠÁR-PAP-A]Š MAN KUR [AŠ.KI^? ...] "[..., son of Esarhaddo]n, king of [Assyria, ...]" (Ki 1902-5-10,25). There are several pieces of evidence that might indicate that the inscription(s) written on those three stone vessels were written in the name of Sîn-šarra-iškun (or his brother and predecessor Aššur-etel-ilāni), rather than in that of Ashurbanipal. These are: (1) the name of Assyria (māt aššur) is written as KUR AŠ.KI, instead of KUR AN.ŠÁR.KI or KUR AŠ, in 82-5-22,603A and BM 118779; and (2) and Esarhaddon is only given the title šar māt aššur ("king of Assyria"), and not the titles šar kiššati šar māt aššur ("king of the world, king of Assyria"). Note that on 81-2-4,35A, the only certainly attested vessel inscription of Sîn-šarra-iškun, māt aššur is written KUR AŠ, not KUR AŠ.KI. Assuming that proprietary inscriptions of Assyria's penultimate king also included four generations in his genealogy, one could tentatively suggest that the complete text might have been KUR ^md30-LUGAL-GAR-un MAN GAL MAN dan-nu MAN ŠÚ MAN KUR AŠ A ^mAN.ŠÁR-DÙ-A MAN KUR AŠ A ^mAN.ŠÁR-PAP-AŠ MAN KUR AŠ A ^md30-PAP.MEŠ-SU MAN KUR AŠ A ^mMAN-GIN MAN KUR AŠ-ma "Palace of Sîn-šarra-iškun, great king, strong king, king of the world, king of Assyria, son of Ashurbanipal, king of Assyria, son of Esarhaddon, king of Assyria, son of Sennacherib, king of Assyria, son of Sargon (II), (who was) also king of Assyria."

Bibliography

2008 Searight, Assyrian Stone Vessels pp. 58–59 and fig. 30 no. 418 (copy, edition, study)

Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers

Jamie Novotny & Joshua Jeffers, 'nscriptions from Uncertain Provenance (text no. 21)', RINAP 5: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal, Aššur-etel-ilāni, and Sîn-šarra-iškun, The RINAP/RINAP 5 Project, a sub-project of MOCCI, 2023 [http://oracc.org/rinap/rinap5/rinap53textintroductions/sinsharraishkun/uncertainprovenancetext21/]

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