《6.Tyre and Tiglath-Pileser III Chronological Notes》.pdf

Tyre and Tiglath-Pileser III: Chronological Notes Author(s): Mordechai Cogan Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of Cuneiform Studies, Vol. 25, No. 2 (Apr., 1973), pp. 96-99 Published by: The American Schools of Oriental Research Stable URL: /stable/1359422 . Accessed: 13/08/2012 11:07 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms Conditions of Use, available at . /page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars, researchers, and students discover, use, and build upon a wide range of content in a trusted digital archive. We use information technology and tools to increase productivity and facilitate new forms of scholarship. For more information about JSTOR, please contact support@. . The American Schools of Oriental Research is collaborating with JSTOR to digitize, preserve and extend access to Journal of Cuneiform Studies. TYRE AND TIGLATH-PILESER III CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES MORDECHAI COGAN UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV, BEER SHEBA The recent publication of the first royal stele datable to the reign of Tiglath-Pileser III (744-27 B.C.) is a welcome addition to the scant source material available from the early days of the reorganized Neo- Assyrian empire. Despite its weather-worn state of preservation, L. D. Levine has edited the text and presented Assyriologists and historians with a useful editio Levine for a 737 B.C. date highly princeps. argues for the stele, it having been erected at the conclusion of Tiglath-Pilesers Median campaign.2 While on the whole this date appears defensible, part of the argument