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Title: Assyrian tax demand found in Jerusalem
Post by: DBS on Oct 23, 2025, 06:54 AM

https://www.timesofisrael.com/biblical-tax-notice-1st-ever-assyrian-inscription-found-near-jerusalems-temple-mount/

By coincidence, I was rereading Frahm's account of Sennacherib's Judaean campaign only last night...

Title: Re: Assyrian tax demand found in Jerusalem
Post by: Imperial Dave on Oct 23, 2025, 01:20 PM

Death and taxes....

Title: Re: Assyrian tax demand found in Jerusalem
Post by: DBS on Oct 23, 2025, 04:05 PM

Quote from: Imperial Dave on Oct 23, 2025, 01:20 PMDeath and taxes....

With the Assyrians, failure to pay the one usually meant the other, in as sadistic a means as possible...

Title: Re: Assyrian tax demand found in Jerusalem
Post by: Imperial Dave on Oct 23, 2025, 04:58 PM

Title: Re: Assyrian tax demand found in Jerusalem
Post by: Jon Freitag on Oct 23, 2025, 06:03 PM

So, taxes and then death!

Title: Assyria rules, ok!
Post by: stevenneate on Nov 07, 2025, 07:19 AM

https://www.zmescience.com/science/archaeology/archaeologists-just-found-extremely-rare-2700-year-old-assyrian-warning-buried-in-jerusalem/

Title: Re: Assyria rules, ok!
Post by: Denis Grey on Nov 07, 2025, 07:31 AM

2700 years ago is when the Assyrian came down like a wolf on the fold.

Title: Re: Assyria rules, ok!
Post by: Nick Harbud on Nov 07, 2025, 09:20 AM

Probably not a good idea to shoot this particular Holder of the Reins... :P

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