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| Behistun Inscription (languages, concerning, scholar who deciphered the third language) |
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Definition
| Old Persian/Elamite/Akkadian. Records expeditions of Darius the Great. Henry Rawlinson deciphered Akkadian. |
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| Longest reign noted on the Sumerian King List |
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Definition
| 64,800 years (antediluvian period) |
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| Code of Hammurabi (Date, god, nation) |
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Definition
| 18th century BCE; Shamash gave to Amorite King ruling in Babylon (Hammurabi). |
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| What vocation was mentioned in the Mari tablets once thought to be unique to Israel (also date & language)? |
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Definition
| Reference to male/female prophets. 18th century BCE, Old Babylonian. |
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| Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (date/nation he ruled, story told on Obelisk) |
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Definition
| Neo-Assyrian King 859-825 BCE, depiction of Ahab and Jehu's tribute (both of Israel), note the picture is of Jehu bowing to Shalmaneser III. |
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| Sennacherib Taylor Prism (date of prism, nation, depiction). |
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Definition
| 701, Neo-Assyrian, depicts Sennacherib's campaign in the Levant. |
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Term
| Name the King of Judah who Sennacherib had "traped like a bird in a cage" (as well as this king's reign). |
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Definition
| King Hezekiah, 715-687 BCE |
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| Cyrus Cylinder (date, depiction). |
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Definition
| 538 BCE, Edict of Cyrus stating that captives in babylon were set free. |
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| Rosetta Stone (languages, date/discovered by) |
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Definition
| Two Egyptian variatins (Hieroglyphic, demotic) and Greek; discovered in 1799 CE by Napoleon's troops. |
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| Merneptah Stele (date, importance) |
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Definition
| Late 13th Century BCE, first extra-biblical reference to Israel. |
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| Ser abit el-Hadim (date, importance) |
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Definition
| 18th Century BCE, site where earliest alphabetic inscriptions were found. |
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Term
| Tell Fakhariyeh Statue (languages, who commissioned the inscription, and what god was it inscribed to) |
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Definition
| Aramaic on back, Akkadian on front. Had-Yithi commissioned the inscription to the god Hadad of Sikanu. |
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| Gilgamesh Fragment (date, where found) |
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Definition
| Late Bronze age, found in a dig dump in Megiddo. |
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| Mesha Inscription (language/king/naion/god) |
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Definition
| Moabite, Mesha King of Moab, Kemosh. |
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Term
| Tell Siran Bottle (language, type of inscription) |
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Definition
| Ammonite, Royal inscription. |
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| Kuntillet Ajrud Inscription (date, importance) |
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Definition
| Early 8th century, refers to Yahweh and His Asherah, also refers to other local manifestations of gods. |
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| Khirbet el-Qom Inscription (language, importance) |
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Definition
| Old Hebrew, also mentions Yahweh and his Asherah. |
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Term
| Siloam Tunnel Inscription (language, commissioning king, use of tunnel) |
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Definition
| Hebrew, King Hezekiah of Judah, used to get water into the city in case of seige from Assyrians - 2 Chr. 32:3-4 |
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