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Sennacherib
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![]() Cast of a rock relief of Sennacherib from the foot of Mount Judi, near Cizre | |
King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire | |
Reign | 705–681 BC |
Predecessor | Sargon II |
Successor | Esarhaddon |
Born | c. 745 BC[1] Nimrud[2] (?) |
Died | 20 October 681 BC (aged c. 64) Nineveh |
Spouse | Tashmetu-sharrat Naqi'a |
Issue Among others | Ashur-nadin-shumi Arda-Mulissu Esarhaddon |
Akkadian | Sîn-ahhī-erība Sîn-aḥḥē-erība |
Dynasty | Sargonid dynasty |
Father | Sargon II |
Mother | Ra'īmâ (?) |
Sennacherib (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: