by
Damien F. Mackey
“… there is no
known relief depiction of Shalmaneser V …”.
Such is the case according to the article,
"Shalmaneser V and Sargon II", at: http://emp.byui.edu/SATTERFIELDB/Rel302/Shalmaneser%20V%20and%20Sargon%20II.htm
.... The revolt of Israel
against Assyria during the days of King Hoshea, last king of Israel, brought on
a siege by the Assyrians (1 Kings 17). The siege was led by Shalmaneser V, King
of Assyria (there is no known relief depiction of Shalmaneser V). During the
siege, he died. Sargon II replaced Shalmanezer V as King of Assyria, who
finished the siege and sacked Samaria.
Whilst that may be
surprising in itself, the fact is – I believe - that Shalmaneser (so-called V)
was the same person as Tiglath-pileser (known as III) of whom there are plenty
of depictions.
And the lack of apparent
portraits of Nebuchednezzar II was part of Dr. I. Velikovsky’s reason for (rightly)
seeking to find an alter ego for the
Great King (though wrongly, I think, equating him with the Hittite emperor, Hattusilis).
Velikovsky wrote in Ramses
II and His Time, p. 184: “At Wadi Brissa in Lebanon, Nebuchadnezzar twice had his picture cut in rock; these are supposedly the
only known portraits of this king”.
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