Essay 1 prep - names & dates Flashcards
Tel Dan Stele
refers to victory of Hazael over the house of David
Letters of Lachish
shows that Lachish was a Jewish settlement in 590 BCE
Sennacherib’s Prism
Sennacherib’s account of his campaign against Hezekiah
Megiddo Stele
Egyptian pharaoh Shoshenq’s raid on Judah
Lachish reliefs
shows king Sennacherib of Assyria’s siege of Lachish in 701 BCE
Merneptah Stele
refers to victories in Egyptian territory (Israel) in 1210 BCE
Mesha Stele
about King Mesha of Moab stating that their God allowed the Israelites to conquer them, but how eventually they drove them back out.
Kurkh Monoliths
refer to King Ahab sending 10000 troops and 2000 chariots to the war coalition