3. Contextualising the Inscriptions
Depending on your research question, it might be helpful to contextualise the inscriptions. Where was it found? Was the text visible or built into a wall? Was the text written on wall panels with reliefs, and what were they depicting? Furthermore, information about the state of preservation explains uncertain readings that should be taken into account while interpreting the texts.
In the printed books, you can find a short introduction to every inscription before the transliterations and translations of the text. In the online corpus, the introductions are on the Project home page.
> On the left banner, select the specific sub-project.
For example, if you want to get more information about an inscription of Sargon II, click on 'Explore RINAP II Sub-projekt'. Here is a list to find which sub-project deals with which Assyrian king(s).
RINAP 1 Sub-project Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 BC) and Shalmaneser V (726–722 BC)
RINAP 2 Sub-project Sargon II (721-705 BC)
RINAP 3 Sub-project Sennacherib (704–681 BC)
RINAP 4 Sub-project Esarhaddon (680–669 BC)
RINAP 5 Sub-project Ashurbanipal and His Successors (668–609 BC)
Work in progress...