The Trail of Sennacherib's Siege Camps
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4778932 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen C Compton (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 110-120 |
| Publication date | 2024-06-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Near Eastern Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1094-2076 • E-ISSN: 1557-5594 |
| Publisher | University of Chicago Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1086/729873 |
| OpenAlex | W4398759761 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
Images of military conquest on Sennacherib’s palace walls often featured his siege camps. By comparing the visual and textual references to these camps with the surroundings of the cities he besieged (on site and via aerial and satellite imagery, archaeological and historical data, and early maps and surveys), likely locations are proposed for Sennacherib’s royal camps. These sites are found to have all had the same name on early maps, Mudawwara, which, in Arabic in the Middle Ages, denoted the enormous tent that housed the sultan on military expeditions. (At times, this name was prefaced with Khirbet al, indicating the ancient stone ruins thereof.) Examining all occurrences of this toponym within Judah and Philistia reveals a distribution consistent with what is known of Sennacherib’s invasion route and of the cities besieged. It also resolves some long-standing questions and contributes to identifying the locations of the cities of Libnah and Nob
Ancient history · Archaeology · Art · Siege · Ancient Near East History · History
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The Administrative Division of the Shephelah
Burial Caves from the Late Bronze and Iron Ages at Horvat Lavnin in the Judean Shephelah
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| Citations per year | 1 |
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| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |