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So what does the tablet actually say?

• gavmor 2y ago
  From one figure: > These are lines 31-34 of the second column of Sennacherib’s clay prism, probably from Nineveh, now in the Israel Museum (IMJ 71.072.0249). The text records eight campaigns of the Assyrian King, including the siege of Jerusalem which is well known from the Book of Kings. The line reads: ‘On my return march, I received a heavy tribute from the distant Medes, of whose land none of the kings, my ancestors, had heard mention.’ (translation adapted from A.K. Grayson and J. Novotny’s edition available on ORACC, Q003497). Here's a full translation (without the OP's technique): https://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/meso/sennprism1.html https://www.kchanson.com/ANCDOCS/meso/sennprism1.html