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Assyriology has Sargon II dying during Tabal campaign – except that he didn’t

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    by   Damien F. Mackey     “The king [against Tabal....] against Ešpai the Kulummaean. [......] The king was killed. The camp of the king of Assyria [was taken......]. On the 12th of Abu, Sennacherib, son [of Sargon, took his seat on the throne]”.   Eponym Cb6     There are some assumptions here, not all facts - so much so that this really constitutes something of an Assyriological scandal.   As I wrote about it in my university thesis (2007), Volume One, pp. 137-138:   …. Another seemingly compelling evidence in favour of the conventional chronology, but one that has required heavy restoration work by the Assyriologists, is in regard to Sennacherib’s supposed accession. According to the usual interpretation of the eponym for Nashur(a)-bel, (705 BC, conventional dating), known as Eponym Cb6, Sargon was killed and Sennacherib then sat on the throne: [1]   The king [against Tabal....] against Eš...
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Salome Alexandra and invading Tigranes a fiction based on Judith and Holofernes

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    by   Damien F. Mackey     The invasions of the supposed C1st BC Armenian ruler, Tigranes ‘the Great’, have been suggested as providing the basis for the Jewish story of the heroine Judith.       Reader J.P’s comment on an old article of mine, “Tigranes II ‘the Great’ and ‘Nebuchadnezzar’ of Judith”: “I’m confused on whether you think this is a legitimate understanding of Judith. I’ve read most, if not all, of your articles on Judith = Huldah; I wonder if Judith = Salome Alexandra is a more natural fit?”, has prompted this re-casting of the story.   Introduction   The powerful drama narrated in the Book of Judith has spawned imitations in both BC and AD literature and in their supposed ‘histories’.   To recall only a few of many such examples to which I have alluded before:   BC influences           (i)        ...
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