Monday, June 24, 2013

Azekah Inscription Problematical for Conventional Assyriology




It leads to queries such as the following by a commentator:
 
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This inscription was new to me recently and on exposure I was excited that it was written by SARGON.
The attribution to Sargon seems irrefutable. See http://cojs.org/cojswiki/The_Azekah_Inscription,_720-701_BCE
However, I notice that in some instances SENNACHERIB is touted as the writer.
 
Has any one researched this inscription sufficiently to be certain as to authorship?
 
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AMAIC Comment:
 
If Sargon II is Sennacherib, as we believe, then there is no dilemma here at all.