Assyrian tax demand found in Jerusalem

[DBS]

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...

[Imperial Dave]

Death and taxes....

[DBS]

Death and taxes....

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

[Imperial Dave]

 

[Jon Freitag]

So, taxes and then death!

[stevenneate]

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

[Denis Grey]

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

[Nick Harbud]

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