The Campaigns of Sargon II of Assur: A Chronological-Historical Study

Tadmor, Hayim

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“…The city of Samaria, the capital of the kingdom, fell either in 722 BC or in 721 BC, during the rule of Shalmaneser V or of his successor, Sargon II. Archaeological evidence collected at sites in the region (such as Samaria, Tirzah, and Hazor) suggests that the campaign against the kingdom of Israel was extremely destructive (Tadmor, ; Stern, ; Mitchell, ). The individual studied : The present study focuses on the remains of Homo 11 (nicknamed ‘the warrior’). This individual was found in the western chamber (Chamber I, Locus 100), lying on the northern bench.…”

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Assyrian Attitude Towards Captive Enemies: A 2700-year-old Paleo-forensic Study

Cohen

Slon

Barash

et al. 2012

Int. J. Osteoarchaeol.

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The Assyrians, who ruled at the height of their power between Egypt and the Persian Gulf (745–630 BC), are known from historical records to have been cruel and unrelenting towards their enemies. However, osteological evidence for this behavior is scarce. We herein present a case of an adult male skeleton, dated to the Iron Age IIB period (second half of the 8th century BC), who manifests traumatic injuries to the skull, left forearm, vertebrae, and ribs. Using modern forensic methods, the injuries were studied, and the consequences that led to these injuries reconstructed. Three possible scenarios are presented: (i) wounds inflicted during a chaotic battle; (ii) wounds caused by the chasing and capturing of a victim; and (iii) a commonly practiced violent attitude of Assyrian soldiers towards a captive combatant. Combining all the evidence at hand, the latter scenario appears more likely. This skeleton may therefore be one of the sole tangible physical evidence for the veracity of the Assyrians’ post‐battle behavior, as depicted in ancient texts and reliefs. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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Assyrian Attitude Towards Captive Enemies: A 2700-year-old Paleo-forensic Study

Cohen

Slon

Barash

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Int. J. Osteoarchaeol.

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“…Probably the biblical writer had no exact knowledge of what exactly hap pened in these tumultous years. Perhaps two events are merged together here: the con quest of Samaria by Shalmaneser in 722 BCE, and the renewed capture of Samaria by Sargon in 720 BCE (Tadmor 1958;cf. Becking 1992;Younger 1999; for different views, see Na'aman 1990); or perhaps Sargon simply takes the credit of Shalmaneser's conquest for himself (Frahm 2019: 84-85).…”

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Assyrian and Babylonian Sources

Nissinen¹

2020

The Oxford Handbook of the Historical Books of the Hebrew Bible

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This article introduces the Assyrian and Babylonian sources relevant to the Old Testament historical books. The corpus of Assyrian sources consists mainly of royal inscriptions between the mid-ninth and mid-seventh centuries bce, pertaining to the period narrated in 1 Kgs. 16 to 2 Kgs. 21. In general, when the same events are described, the biblical accounts appear to be in basic agreement with the Assyrian sources, even though some episodes mentioned in the Assyrian sources are not included in the biblical texts and vice versa. It is plausible that the writers of 2 Kings had source-based knowledge of past events. In both cases, the historical information must be filtered through the ideological purposes of the Assyrian scribes as well as the deuteronomistic editors. The Babylonian sources confirm the conquest of Jerusalem in 597 bce and the forced migration of the Judeans, including King Jehoiachin and his entourage. Otherwise, there are no direct links between the Babylonian sources and the Old Testament historical books. Nevertheless, the Babylonian sources, especially those from Al-Yahudu, contain important information on the social environment and living conditions of the Judean population in a certain part of Babylonia in the sixth to fifth centuries bce.

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The Cambridge Ancient History

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The Campaigns of Sargon II of Assur: A Chronological-Historical Study

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Assyrian Attitude Towards Captive Enemies: A 2700-year-old Paleo-forensic Study

Assyrian Attitude Towards Captive Enemies: A 2700-year-old Paleo-forensic Study

Assyrian and Babylonian Sources

The Cambridge Ancient History

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