Completing the Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period (RINAP)

FAIN: PW-228092-15

University of Pennsylvania (Philadelphia, PA 19104-6205)
Grant Frame (Project Director: July 2014 to June 2019)

Online and print publication of the official inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian rulers, specifically Ashurbanipal (668-631 BCE) and his successors.

Providing authoritative, modern editions of the official inscriptions of the last five rulers of the Neo-Assyrian Period (Ashurbanipal and his successors), 668-609 BCE, in open access, online and print formats.

Media Coverage

Penn scholars awarded humanities grants (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jacquie Posey
Publication: Penn Current
Date: 4/2/2015
URL: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/current/2015-04-02/latest-news/penn-scholars-awarded-humanities-grants

NEH Grant for Humanities Project (Media Coverage)
Publication: Almanac
Date: 4/7/2015
URL: http://www.upenn.edu/almanac/volumes/v61/n29/neh-grant-for-hummanities.html

Penn Professor Grant Frame Translates Royal Inscriptions of Neo-Assyrian Period (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Jacquie Posey
Publication: Penn News (online)
Date: 5/5/2015
URL: http://www.upenn.edu/pennnews/news/penn-professor-grant-frame-translates-royal-inscriptions-neo-assyrian-period

Professor receives $250,000 grant for humanities research (Media Coverage)
Author(s): John Bartlett
Publication: Daily Pennsylvanian
Date: 4/13/2015
URL: http://www.thedp.com/article/2015/04/professor-receives-250000-grant-for-humanities-research

A Toronto man is defying ISIS, using neo-Assyrian tablets (Media Coverage)
Publication: Toronto Star
Date: 6/25/2015
URL: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2015/06/25/using-neo-assyrian-tablets-a-toronto-man-is-defying-isis.html

"Frame Receives NEH Award" (Media Coverage)
Author(s): Unknown
Publication: Expedition. The Magazine of the University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology
Date: 9/1/2015
Abstract: Report on award of NEH grant and description of project. Report in Volume 57 no. 2 of magazine. On p. 51.

Review of RINAP 5/1 (Review)
Author(s): Johannes Bach
Publication: Journal of Near Eastern Studies
Date: 1/23/2020
Abstract: Concluding paragraph of review: "The publication of RINAP 5/1 will without doubt be fundamental for future research on the reign of Ashurbanipal. The entire RINAP series has already greatly facilitated Assyriological research and the physical publication of RINAP 5/2, whose content is largely already available on ORACC, is eagerly awaited. The reviewer wishes to thank and congratulate the authors of RINAP 5/1 for their excellent and diligent work."
URL: http://https://www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/707753

Review of RINAP 2 (Review)
Author(s): Bieke Mahieu
Publication: Revue biblique vol. 129/2 (2022) pp. 285-286
Date: 8/22/2022
Abstract: Last two paragraphs: Frame must be warmly thanked for the present edition, not only because of its quality, but particularly because of its completeness. Thus far, one had to rely on the precious but outdated work of Daniel David Luckenbill (Ancient Records of Assyria and Babylonia, vol. 2, Chicago, IL, University of Chicago Press, 1927) for a survey of Sargon’s inscriptions. This is the first edition, since one century, that again covers all the material of Sargon II. Thanks to RINAP 2, Sargon II’s inscriptions can be studied with all the information that has enriched the field since Luckenbill’s translation. The book is a very welcome tool, not only for Assyriologists, but also for any biblical scholar who is interested in the historical context of the divided kingdom, particularly for those working on the context of the fall of Samaria and the end of the northern kingdom.
URL: https://www.ebaf.edu/publications-2/1144-2/

Associated Products

The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC), Assur-etel-ilani (630-627 BC), and Sin-sharra-ishkun (626-612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 1 (Book)
Title: The Royal Inscriptions of Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC), Assur-etel-ilani (630-627 BC), and Sin-sharra-ishkun (626-612 BC), Kings of Assyria, Part 1
Author: Joshua Jeffers
Author: Jamie Novotnyu
Abstract: The volume edits the official inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian ruler Ashurbanipal that are found on clay prisms, mostly from Nineveh and Kalhu.
Year: 2018
Primary URL: https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-57506-997-5.html
Access Model: print
Publisher: Eisenbraus
Type: Multi-author monograph
ISBN: 9781575069975
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC) (Book)
Title: The Royal Inscriptions of Sargon II, King of Assyria (721-705 BC)
Author: Grant Frame
Abstract: Editions and commentary of 151 official inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian ruler Sargon II. The texts are written in the Akkadian and Sumerian languages and mostly come from Iraq, although some come from Cyprus, Israel, Syria, Turkey and Iran.
Year: 2021
Primary URL: https://www.eisenbrauns.org/books/titles/978-1-64602-109-3.html
Publisher: Eisenbrauns
Type: Single author monograph
ISBN: 9781646021093
Copy sent to NEH?: Yes

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