Thanks VR, good info. The ruler of the kings mentioned in the account of Abraham, Lot, and the Cities of the Plain was Kudur-Lagamar ('devotee of Lagamar', an Elamite deity), transliterated as Chedorlaomer in the OT. Abraham reportedly managed to free his kinsman Lot and other hostages and booty with fewer than 200 men, apparently from the slow-moving rearguard, as old Ched and his army raced back to Mesopotamia to deal with a revolt, or perhaps fled as his supposed tributaries rebelled after the Cities of the Plain were dealt with. The various chronicles from Semitic sources describe various conquests and revolts, carrying off of each others' idols, and other festivities that went on between the Elamites and their neighbors, and of course amongst each other.
Uncracked Ancient Codes[snip] As longtime literary editor of the Times Higher Education Supplement in London, Andrew Robinson is well able to interpret the arcana of scientific discoveries for the general public. In Lost Languages, he explains the principles of three famous decipherments and applies the insights gained to an understanding of several undeciphered scripts—Linear A, the Etruscan alphabet, the Phaistos disc, and the Meroitic, Proto-Elamite, rongorongo, Zapotec, Isthmian and Indus scripts. [/snip]
(Lost Languages reviewed)
by William C. West
Lost Languages:
The Enigma Of The World's
Undeciphered Scripts
by Andrew Robinson
