Sennacherib's Palace Without Rival at Nineveh

by John Malcolm Russell

Best known today from biblical accounts of his exploits and ignominious end, the Assyrian king Sennacherib (704-681 B.C.) was once the ruler of all western Asia. In his capital at Nineveh, in what is now northern Iraq, he built what he called the "Palace without Rival." Though only scattered traces of this magnificent structure are visible today, contemporary written descriptions and surviving wall reliefs permit a remarkably detailed reconstruction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226731758
• ISBN13: 9780226731759
• Release Date: March 1992
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 357 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.6" x 9.4"