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The Nabonidus Inscription at Sela: Investigating a Neo-Babylonian inscription in modern Jordan
Biblical Archaeology Review ^ | October 28, 2019 | Megan Sauter

Posted on 11/06/2019 11:33:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv

The only way to enter the mountain fortress of Sela, Jordan, is to climb the staircase cut into a natural cleft in the rock on its eastern side.

Photo: © Sela Archaeological Project (2015).


The only way to enter the mountain fortress of Sela, Jordan, is to climb the staircase cut into a natural cleft in the rock on its eastern side. Photo: © Sela Archaeological Project (2015).

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TOPICS: History; Science; Travel
KEYWORDS: babylon; babylonia; catastrophism; epigraphyandlanguage; godsgravesglyphs; jordan; nabonidusinscription; neobabylonian; sela
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The Nabonidus Inscription at the site of Sela in modern Jordan rests 300 feet above the ground.

Photo: © Sela Archaeological Project (2018).


The Nabonidus Inscription at the site of Sela in modern Jordan rests 300 feet above the ground. Photo: © Sela Archaeological Project (2018).

1 posted on 11/06/2019 11:33:47 PM PST by SunkenCiv
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One of *those* topics.



2 posted on 11/06/2019 11:35:06 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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3 posted on 11/06/2019 11:35:16 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Imagine an imaginary menagerie manager imagining managing an imaginary menagerie.)
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To: SunkenCiv

What a location! Most spectacular and remote. I wish that I had visited it, in earlier years, when I could have climbed up.


4 posted on 11/06/2019 11:41:12 PM PST by BlackVeil ('The past is never dead. It's not even past.' William Faulkner)
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To: SunkenCiv

The Nabonidus Inscription at Sela...

Boy if I had a dollar for every time I’ve thought about the Nabonidus Inscripton at Sela before today...

:)

It NEVER ceases to amaze me, history that is.

I find several thousand years of civilization history as fascinating as the study of the universe.

And sometimes as hard to understand!

Simply remarkable.


5 posted on 11/06/2019 11:44:25 PM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: SunkenCiv

Thank you for everything you post....


6 posted on 11/07/2019 12:00:27 AM PST by datura
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To: SunkenCiv

My Neo-Babylonian is a bit rusty. All I can make out is “______ didn’t _______ himself”.


7 posted on 11/07/2019 12:29:39 AM PST by Ken H (And Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: SunkenCiv
Re: studying water management structures

My first thought as I began to read - where do they get water?

Hard to imagine that a natural water source existed 600 feet above the semi-arid land.

But, even harder to believe they carried water up the stairs every day.

8 posted on 11/07/2019 12:43:35 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: SunkenCiv

Bfl


9 posted on 11/07/2019 12:48:35 AM PST by RoosterRedux
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To: zeestephen

slaves?


10 posted on 11/07/2019 12:51:25 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Ken H

What kind of school did YOU GO TO!?!?

I learned neo-Babylonian in 2nd grade.

And that’s because I was slow!!


11 posted on 11/07/2019 12:52:27 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: SunkenCiv

Your threads are also REFRESHINGLY free of stress!!

I LOVE the board but wow can it take a toll on you sometimes.


12 posted on 11/07/2019 12:53:22 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Ken H

Does kind of look like some of the stuff on Little St. James island.


13 posted on 11/07/2019 12:59:54 AM PST by Scott from the Left Coast (It's the corruption, stupid)
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To: dp0622

Just the person I’m looking for!

What does the Neo-Babylonian word “Ciaramella” mean?


14 posted on 11/07/2019 1:01:00 AM PST by Ken H (And Epstein didn't kill himself.)
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To: Ken H

Scumbag POS Traitor WOP?


15 posted on 11/07/2019 1:20:11 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Ken H

That’s just a rough translation though.


16 posted on 11/07/2019 1:20:33 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: dp0622

Re: slaves

I was thinking more about how they would survive a prolonged siege.

Was this a fortress to protect important leaders and their families?

Was it just an excellent observation post?

Offensively, it does not appear to have any value, unless they could catapult rocks down on a passing army.


17 posted on 11/07/2019 2:27:03 AM PST by zeestephen
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To: dp0622

“Kilroy Was Here.”

L


18 posted on 11/07/2019 2:28:44 AM PST by Lurker (Peaceful coexistence with the Left is not possible. Stop pretending that it is.)
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To: zeestephen

Boy you’re right. Slaves would be useless during a siege.

From what I read, HE conquered it and I would like to know how but i’m too lazy to look it up lol

But a prolonged siege?

how much water could you have on hand and how long would it stay drinkable.

Interesting.


19 posted on 11/07/2019 2:31:10 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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To: Lurker

LOL


20 posted on 11/07/2019 2:31:26 AM PST by dp0622 (Radicals, racists Don't point fingers at me I'm a small town white boy Just tryin' to make ends meet)
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