Lachish Letters
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The Lachish Letters are a collection of inscribed pottery shards from the late Iron Age that provide firsthand accounts of Judah’s final days before the Babylonian conquest.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Lachish Letters canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Target entity: Lachish Letters Context triple: [Lachish, hasEvidence, Lachish Letters]
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Amarna letters
The Amarna letters are a cache of 14th-century BCE clay tablets containing diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and various Near Eastern rulers and vassal states, providing key insights into the politics, society, and international relations of the Late Bronze Age.
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Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
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Bulletin of Kadesh
The Bulletin of Kadesh is an ancient Egyptian inscription that narrates Ramesses II’s account of the Battle of Kadesh, serving as a key propagandistic and historical record of the conflict.
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Kadesh Treaty tablet
The Kadesh Treaty tablet is an ancient clay inscription bearing one of the world’s earliest known peace treaties, concluded between the Egyptian and Hittite empires after the Battle of Kadesh.
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Sennacherib Prism
The Sennacherib Prism is an ancient Assyrian clay prism inscribed with King Sennacherib’s royal annals, most famously detailing his military campaigns including the siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.
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- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Lachish Letters Target entity description: The Lachish Letters are a collection of inscribed pottery shards from the late Iron Age that provide firsthand accounts of Judah’s final days before the Babylonian conquest.
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A.
Amarna letters
The Amarna letters are a cache of 14th-century BCE clay tablets containing diplomatic correspondence between the Egyptian administration and various Near Eastern rulers and vassal states, providing key insights into the politics, society, and international relations of the Late Bronze Age.
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B.
Lachish ewer inscription
The Lachish ewer inscription is an early Proto-Canaanite text engraved on a pottery vessel from ancient Lachish, often cited as one of the oldest known examples of alphabetic writing in the Levant.
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C.
Bulletin of Kadesh
The Bulletin of Kadesh is an ancient Egyptian inscription that narrates Ramesses II’s account of the Battle of Kadesh, serving as a key propagandistic and historical record of the conflict.
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D.
Kadesh Treaty tablet
The Kadesh Treaty tablet is an ancient clay inscription bearing one of the world’s earliest known peace treaties, concluded between the Egyptian and Hittite empires after the Battle of Kadesh.
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E.
Sennacherib Prism
The Sennacherib Prism is an ancient Assyrian clay prism inscribed with King Sennacherib’s royal annals, most famously detailing his military campaigns including the siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Hebrew inscriptions
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epigraphic corpus ⓘ inscribed ostraca collection ⓘ primary historical source ⓘ |
| approximateDate | early 6th century BCE ⓘ |
| archaeologicalExpedition | Lachish excavations 1930s NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedEvent | Babylonian siege of Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPerson |
Coniah son of Elnathan
NERFINISHED
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Hoshaiah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| contentType |
administrative letters
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military correspondence ⓘ personal communications ⓘ |
| culture | Judahite ⓘ |
| currentLocation |
British Museum
NERFINISHED
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Israel Museum NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| date | late Iron Age ⓘ |
| discoveredBy | James Leslie Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| discoveryDate | 1935 ⓘ |
| foundAt | Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| foundIn |
Judah
NERFINISHED
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modern Israel ⓘ |
| foundInStructure |
Lachish city gate area
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Lachish guardroom NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | letters ⓘ |
| historicalContext |
Babylonian conquest of Judah
NERFINISHED
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final years of the Kingdom of Judah ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| material | pottery sherds ⓘ |
| medium | ink ⓘ |
| mentions |
Babylonian threat
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Jerusalem NERFINISHED ⓘ military movements ⓘ prophetic figures ⓘ signal fires ⓘ |
| numberOfKnownOstraca | approximately 18 ⓘ |
| paleographicDating | shortly before 586 BCE ⓘ |
| period | First Temple period ⓘ |
| provenance | Judahite military outpost network ⓘ |
| region | Shephelah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Book of Jeremiah
NERFINISHED
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King Zedekiah of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Nebuchadnezzar II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| scriptDirection | right-to-left ⓘ |
| significance |
corroboration of biblical historical background
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evidence for Judahite military organization ⓘ evidence for literacy in late monarchic Judah ⓘ insight into everyday language of Judah ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Paleo-Hebrew script ⓘ |
| writtenOn | ostraca ⓘ |
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Subject: Lachish Letters Description of subject: The Lachish Letters are a collection of inscribed pottery shards from the late Iron Age that provide firsthand accounts of Judah’s final days before the Babylonian conquest.
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