When Sennacherib's conquest of Lachish is considered, the vivid reliefs depicting that event which were found in the ruins of his palace at Nineveh immediately come to mind.' These are, however, simply pictorial representations; they do not include any verbal description of any significant length of the events depicted. For instance, the cuneiform label which accompanies one of the scenes says ...

Among the many Assyrian written sources and inscriptions some texts report the military expeditions of the kings of Assyria. These accounts, the so-called Itineraries texts, describe in details the different stops of the armies through territories outside the Assyrian heartland. With regard to the Zagros area, the reports mention different long and ruthless campaigns undertaken by some Assyrian...