The Cuneiform inscriptions and the Old Testament; - The Search For ...

212 THE CUNEIFORM INSCRIPTIONS AND THE 0. T.
Siannu of the sea together with the cities ... as far as
the mountain Saul * , 2 7. the mountains, which [are] in
Lebanon, and they overpowered(?**) the landBaalsaphon***
221 as far as the mountain-range Ammanaf, the land (?)
Izku(?), the land Sahu in its entire extent, the district ff
of Kar-Ramman (Kar-Hadad), 28. the town Hadrach, the
district of Nakudina, the land Chazu together with the
towns, which in the circuit of the town . Arafff . . altogether,
the towns which are in its circuit, the mountain-range Sarblia
in its entirety, the town Ashan, the town Jadab, the moun-
tain-range Jarak in its entirety, the town lllitarbi, the town
ZitS,n as far as the town Atin . . . the town Bumami.
Nineteen districts 31. of the town Hamath together with
the towns in their cii'cuit , which are situated on the sea of
the setting of the sun , which in their faithlessness made
revolt to Azrijahu, 32.1 turned into the territory of Assy-
ria; my officers, my governors I placed over them." For
further proof 1) of the identity of the Azrijahu of this latter
inscription with the [Asu?]-rijahu of the first, 2) of both of
them with the Azarjah of the Bible, as well as for the replies
to the objections raised to this proposition, see Keilinsch. u.
Gesch. pp. 399—421. On the other hand I have shown
at length in my essay "Zur Kritik der Inschriften Tiglath-
* "G. Smith reads here and 27 (conjecturally also 10) Sa-u-a';
but against his own edited text."
** Root rjpn?
*** "Such (= ]ioy"Si/3)
is G. Smith's very probable explanation
of the name. Ofcourse there is no reference here to the place of the
same name in Aegypt."
f Perhaps Amanus ? There is no reference to the land Ammon
see Keilinsch. u. Gesch. p. 399; Del. Parad. p. 277.
ft Respecting NAM = pi hat finO "district" (Del.), properly
"governorship", see Norris 1028. Comp. also Khorsab. 58. 60. 64.
ttt Comp. UI Rawl. 10 no. 3. 38 (Del.).
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