The Babylonian Chronicle on the fall of Samaria
Babylon's chronicle names Shalmaneser and the breaking of Samaria.
Citado fora da BíbliaAutor antigo6th–5th century BC copy
A one-line entry in the Babylonian Chronicle records that Shalmaneser V "broke" the city of Shamara'in — Samaria. 2 Kings has Shalmaneser besiege Samaria for three years before it falls.
He broke (destroyed) the city of Shamara'in.
- Encontrado
- Babylonia — Nineteenth-century acquisitions
- Conservado em
- British Museum, London
- Língua
- Akkadian
- Como chegou até nós
- Escavado, ou ainda de pé onde foi construído.
O que mostra
The chronicle is terse and gives no detail beyond the event. Whether Shalmaneser V or his successor Sargon II completed the capture is a long-running question in Assyriology.
Como os historiadores o usam
One of the sources used to reconstruct the end of the northern kingdom, alongside the Assyrian royal inscriptions.
Na Escritura
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Fontes
- Grayson, Assyrian and Babylonian Chronicles (1975), ABC 1
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