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The campaign is the subject of a letter to the god Assur, written by Sargon II’s scribes and circulated throughout the Assyrian empire. Totalling 430 lines, the account is full of the glory of Sargon, and his thanks to the gods for their good fortune.
- A Piece of Propaganda
Part of the issue of interpreting Sargon’s letter to Assur...
- History of The Letter
Sargon began his campaign in the early summer from Kalah,...
- Conclusion
Attempting to trace the true path of Sargon’s eighth...
- Bibliography
“The Location of Ulhu and Uiše in Sargon II’s Eighth...
- One Campaign, Many Opinions
The history of the interpretation of the tablet began, as...
- A Map
The Eighth Campaign of Sargon II: A Historiographical...
- A Piece of Propaganda
5 It is exceedingly well with Sargon, the high priest, the servant who fears your great divinity, and his camp. 6 In the month of Dumuzi (July), the one that makes firm the regulations of mankind, the month of the powerful, foremost son of Enlil, the overpowering one of the gods, Ninurta,
An unparalleled record of Sargon’s eighth campaign (714 bce)—in the form of a letter to the god Ashur—has been recovered. According to this letter, Sargon in 714 led the Assyrian armies from Kalakh, which at the time was still his residence, into the areas around modern Al-Sulaymāniyyah in Iraqi Kurdistan and into the highlands of the ...
This study aims to investigate how the Assyrian army functioned and survived while on a campaign in difficult, hostile, mountainous territory by studying the narrative of the campaign led in 714 BCE by Sargon II of Assyria (r. 721-705 BCE) into the northern Zagros mountain range, today the border region between Iraqi-Kurdistan and Iran.
- Samad Elliyoun
Sargon began his campaign in the early summer from Kalah, located just south of Nineveh. From here, Sargon crossed the Upper and Lower Zab rivers, turning east into the mountains and entering Mannean territory.
THE EIGHTH CAMPAIGN OF SARGON II OF ASSYRIA (714 B.C.) 175 raid. In spring, as the snow line lifted slowly along the rugged flanks of the Zag-ros, the preparations were completed. To-ward the end of May in 714 B.C. Sargon addressed the gods in a prayer of invoca-tion, "Assur, Father of the Gods, the Great Lord .... Hail, All Hail," and, be-
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