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D. D. Luckenbill, The First Inscription of Shalmaneser V, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol. 41, No. 3 (Apr., 1925), pp. 162-164
Biography of Shalmaneser V Conquered Samaria and turned Israel into an Assyrian province. Also make the unpopular decision to impose taxes and corvee labor on the traditionally free cities of Ashur and Harran, a factor which may have led to the revolt that toppled him (Grayson, CAH III/2 pg. 86.
There is a passage in the epic claiming that the text was divinely revealed to the poet during a dream. History of Mesopotamia - Assyria, Babylonia, 2nd Millennium: In a series of heavy wars about which not much is known, Marduk-kabit-ahheshu (c. 1152–c. 1135) established what came to be known as the 2nd dynasty of Isin.
The Assyrian king mentioned here is Shalmaneser V (r. 727–722). He was the son of Tiglath-pileser III. His rule was relatively short, his end was probably violent, and his successor Sargon II (r. 722–705) may have been unrelated to the royal family. It is not certain that any depictions of Shalmaneser V have been found.
The Babylonian Chronicle ABC1 records that Shalmaneser V conquered Samaria, as stated in the Bible. Likewise, Assyrian cuneiform states that 27,290 captives were taken from Samaria, the capital of the new Assyrian province of Samerina, by Sargon II. Sargon records his first campaign on the walls of the royal palace at Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad):
Jun 30, 2011 · The volume provides reliable, up-to-date editions of seventy-three royal inscriptions of Tiglath-pileser III and of his son and immediate successor Shalmaneser V, eleven late Neo-Assyrian inscriptions which may be attributed to one of those two eighth-century rulers, and eight texts commissioned by Assyrian queens and high-ranking officials.
of history of Mesopotamia. Sennacherib (Assyrian: Sin-ahhe-eriba; 704–681) was well prepared for his position as sovereign. With him Assyria acquired an exceptionally clever and gifted, though often extravagant, ruler. His father, interestingly enough, is not mentioned in any of his many inscriptions. He left the new city of Dur-Sharrukin at ...
