The Ekron royal inscription
A Philistine city the Bible names repeatedly is identified by its own inscription, in place, with a dynasty of named rulers.
Nombrado fuera de la BibliaInscripciónc. 680–655 BC
A limestone block found where it was set, dedicating a temple built by Ikausu son of Padi, ruler of Ekron, to his goddess. It names the city — confirming the identification of the mound as Ekron — and five of its kings. Padi and Ikausu are both known from Assyrian records too.
The temple which he built, Ikausu son of Padi, son of Ysd, son of Ada, son of Ya'ar, ruler of Ekron, for Ptgyh his lady.
- Hallado
- In the ruins of a temple at Tel Miqne (Ekron), Israel, 1996 — Seymour Gitin and Trude Dothan's excavation
- Se conserva en
- Israel Museum, Jerusalem
- Lengua
- Phoenician script, Philistine dialect
- Cómo llegó hasta nosotros
- Excavado, o todavía en pie donde se construyó.
Qué muestra
The ruler's name Ikausu is the same name as the Achish of 1 Samuel, but this king lived some three centuries later — the name persisted, the man is not the same.
Cómo lo usan los historiadores
One of the most important Iron Age finds in Israel; it settled the identification of the site and gave Philistine history a dynasty.
En la Escritura
Se relaciona con
Fuentes
- Gitin, Dothan & Naveh, "A Royal Dedicatory Inscription from Ekron", IEJ 47 (1997)
- Ekron Royal Dedicatory Inscription — overview
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