Showing posts with label Dr William Shea Azekah inscription Andrews University Press 1994 Sargon II Sennacherib. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Dr William Shea Azekah inscription Andrews University Press 1994 Sargon II Sennacherib. Show all posts

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.