Esarhaddon on his father's murder
The murder of Sennacherib by his own sons, and Esarhaddon's succession, are recorded by Esarhaddon himself.
Nombrado fuera de la BibliaInscripciónc. 670 BC
Esarhaddon's account of how he came to the throne describes his brothers turning on their father and killing him, and Esarhaddon marching on Nineveh to take the crown. 2 Kings ends Sennacherib's story with his murder by his sons while worshipping, and the succession of Esarhaddon.
They butted each other like kids to take over the kingship… an evil demon stood behind them.
- Hallado
- Nineveh, Iraq — Nineteenth-century excavations
- Se conserva en
- British Museum, London
- Lengua
- Akkadian
- Cómo llegó hasta nosotros
- Excavado, o todavía en pie donde se construyó.
Qué muestra
Esarhaddon does not name the killers in the way 2 Kings does, and the identification of the individual sons is debated. Both accounts agree on the killing and the successor.
Cómo lo usan los historiadores
A well-known case of an Assyrian royal text and a biblical text describing the same palace murder.
En la Escritura
Se relaciona con
Fuentes
- Leichty, The Royal Inscriptions of Esarhaddon (RINAP 4, 2011)
Por ahora estos textos están en inglés. Las traducciones llegarán.