The Annals of Sennacherib

First published in 1924 as the second volume of Oriental Institute Publications, Daniel David Luckenbill’s The Annals of Sennacherib presents translations and cuneiform texts documenting the reign of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib (704–681 BCE). At the center of the volume is ISAC’s six-sided Sennacherib Prism (ISACM A2793), dating to about 689 BCE, which records eight of the king’s military campaigns, including his famous campaign against Judah and Hezekiah in 701 BCE—events also recounted from a very different perspective in the Hebrew Bible. Luckenbill supplements the prism with other historical and building inscriptions, chronological sources, and discussions of Sennacherib’s reign. A century after its publication, the volume also offers a revealing glimpse into the scholarship of its own era, particularly Luckenbill's reflections on Assyrian imperialism, kingship, democracy, and the political world that emerged from World War I.