"Limestone Sculpted relief Stele with inscription to King Sennacherib. The relief shows Assyrian King Sennacherib  praying in front of divine symbols. 705 - 681 B.C Nineveh ( Kuyunjik ) . The inscription tells of King Sennacherib's great feats of war and the building works in Nineveh. It starts "" Sennacheribs, the great king, mighty king, king of the universe, king of the Assyria, king of the four regions of the wold, favourite of the great gods"". It continues "" I led my armies from one end of the earth to the other and brought in submission at my feet all princes, dwelling in palaces, of the four quarters of the world"". of his great worked "" I enlarged the site of Nineveh, my royal city, I made its market streets wider"". further "" The wall and outer wall I caused skilfully constructed and raised them mountain high. I widened them to 100 cubits ( 50m )"". Istanbul Archaeological Exhibit no. 1."
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