RELG 433 - Biblical Archaeology
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Chapter 17
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Page 343, Illustration 17.2, Khorsabad, palace of Sargon II, wall reliefs of Phoenician ships
Page 344, Illustration 17.3, lmlk (lemelech, pronounced leh-MEL-ehk) - "for the king" stamps
Storage jar from Lachish, with Lemelech Hebron stamp
Page 345, Illustration 17.4, The Siloam (sihe-LOHE-am) inscription
Page 347, Illustration 17.6, Horned Altar at Beersheba
Page 348, Illustration 17.6, Assyrians counting the heads of dead enemies
Page 349, Illustration 17.6, The Sennacherib Prism (in the Oriental Institute, Chicago), the Taylor Prism (in the British Museum), and the Jerusalem Prism (in the Israel Museum, Jerusalem). They all record essentially the same version of the reign of Sennacherib, including his invasion of Judea and siege of Jerusalem
The Sennacherib Prism
The Taylor Prism
The Jerusalem Prism
Page 351, Illustration 17.9, The Siege of Lachish, wall reliefs
Page 354, Illustration 17.11, Merodach-Baladan conferring a land grant
Page 355, Illustration 17.12, Esarhaddon with captive kings (Taharqa of Egypt and Baalu of Tyre)
Page 356, Illustration 17.13, Ashurbanipal's Lion Hunt wall reliefs from Nineveh
Page 357, Illustration 17.13, Ashurbanipal in his garden - wall relief from Nineveh.
One of the trees was decorated with the head of the king of the Elamites
Page 360, Illustration 17.15, Ostracon from Mesad Hashavyahu
Page 361, Illustration 17.16, Proto-Aeolic capitals and balustrade from Ramat Rahel, Jerusalem
Page 364, Illustration 17.17, Bullae of Baruch, son of Neriah (scribe and helper of Jeremiah), and other people with Biblical names
Page 366, Illustration 17.18, The Lachish Ostraca
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