The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704-681 BC), Part 1

Grayson, A. Kirk; Novotny, Jamie

doi:10.5325/j.ctv1bxh249

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“…After expanding their territorial powers into eastern Syria and southern Iraq during the ninth century BC, the Assyrian armies turned their attention to the Levant, crossing the Euphrates River in frequent campaigns beginning in the eighth century BC to conquer new territory or to suppress rebellions in already conquered provinces. These bloody campaigns were detailed in the royal annals of Assyrian kings (e.g., Grayson and Novotny 2012;Leichty 2011;Tadmor and Yamada 2011) as well as in the stone reliefs that decorated the walls of Assyrian palaces (e.g., Curtis and Reade 1995;Russell 1999;Ussishkin 1982). Levantine written sources (e.g., II Kings 17) often corroborate the violent threat of empire, and archaeological excavations confirm that these bloody events were not hyperbole.…”

Section: Mesopotamian Imperialism In the Iron Age III (745-530 Bc)mentioning

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Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries

Porter

2016

J Archaeol Res

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Archaeological research on the Iron Age (1200-500 BC) Levant, a narrow strip of land bounded by the Mediterranean Sea and the Arabian Desert, has been balkanized into smaller culture historical zones structured by modern national borders and disciplinary schools. One consequence of this division has been an inability to articulate broader research themes that span the wider region. This article reviews scholarly debates over the past two decades and identifies shared research interests in issues such as ethnogenesis, the development of territorial polities, economic intensification, and divergent responses to imperial interventions. The broader contributions that Iron Age Levantine archaeology offers global archaeological inquiry become apparent when the evidence from different corners of the region is assembled.

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Section: Mesopotamian Imperialism In the Iron Age III (745-530 Bc)mentioning

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Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries

Porter

2016

J Archaeol Res

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“…Assyrian texts. Akkadian inscriptions, including chronicles and sometimes letters, describe various Assyrian activities in Judah (Luckenbill 1924;Na'aman 1974;Grayson and Novotny 2012). Various scholars have emphasized the rhetorical and propaganda aspects of these documents (Tadmor 1985;Russell 1993;Laato 1995).…”

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Constructing the Assyrian Siege Ramp at Lachish: Texts, Iconography, Archaeology and Photogrammetry

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Carroll

Pytlik

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Oxford J Archaeology

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This research examines the Assyrian siege ramp at Lachish, the only such known from the ancient Near East and the oldest in the world. The combination of different sources (texts, iconography and archaeology) enables us to reconstruct how this monumental war installation was erected. We used photogrammetric analysis, facilitated through small Unmanned Aerial System (sUAS) imagery, to digitally map the landscape and evaluate different potential scenarios with regard to the construction and use of the ramp.

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“… 2 For overviews see Zawadzki 1990; Frahm 1997: 18–19; Dalley 2007: 40–42; and Grayson and Novotny 2014: 26–29.…”

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A Conspiracy to Murder Sennacherib? A Revision of Saa 18 100 in the Light of a Recent Join

Dalley¹,

Siddall²

2021

Iraq

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SAA 18 100 (ABL 1091) is a cuneiform text that has been at the heart of historical reconstructions of the assassination of the Assyrian king, Sennacherib, since it was first properly studied by S. Parpola in 1979. In 2005, J. C. Fincke discovered a new fragment of the document (28-3-23 [K.21923]) and joined it to the then known fragment (80-7-19, 28). Fincke's join offers the opportunity to study the tablet anew. We present the first full scholarly edition of the fragments and a new historical interpretation of the text that challenges the accepted understanding of its date, nature, content, and the information it provides on the assassination of Sennacherib. SAA 18 100 appears to be an archival copy of a letter originally sent to Nineveh that reported on matters concerning the Assyrian court heard in Babylonia. The best-preserved report concerns a supposed plot looking to frame the king's son, Urdu-Mullissu, in a conspiracy, and might be a product of the pro-Esarhaddon machinations of the royal court during the final years of Sennacherib's reign.

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The Royal Inscriptions of Sennacherib, King of Assyria (704-681 BC), Part 1

Cited by 57 publications

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Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries

Assembling the Iron Age Levant: The Archaeology of Communities, Polities, and Imperial Peripheries

Constructing the Assyrian Siege Ramp at Lachish: Texts, Iconography, Archaeology and Photogrammetry

A Conspiracy to Murder Sennacherib? A Revision of Saa 18 100 in the Light of a Recent Join

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