Wednesday, July 25, 2012

No known relief depiction of Shalmaneser V?




Such is the case according to the article, "Shalmaneser V and Sargon II",

.... The revolt of Israel against Assyria during the days of King Hoshea, last king of Israel, brought on a siege by the Assyrians (1 Kings 17). The siege was led by Shalmaneser V, King of Assyria (there is no known relief depiction of Shalmaneser V). During the siege, he died. Sargon II replaced Shalmanezer V as King of Assyria, who finished the siege and sacked Samaria.
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But according to our [AMAIC] reconstruction of things, Shalmaneser V, the contemporary of the biblical pharaoh So, was the same king as Tiglath-pileser III of Assyria. And there are plenty of known depictions of him (see e.g. above).

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