Mordot Arnona Jerusalem Sealings 840 BCE

(October 10, 2024)

Iamge is of an eagle-vulture which edits the connections of the life network through which flows the fertilty-fluids which trigger Yahu/Yahweh to manifest life. Archaeologists date these jug handles to around 840 BCE which agrees with the letter style. This was also the time in which Assyria invaded Judah.

Translation in Akkadian

(Read right to left. Capital letters on seal. Small letters are inferred Inner vowels. Verb is italic bold)  


(Dual use letters are E/H, I/Y, U/W, and '/A in which vowel appears at beginning of words except for Yahu which is keeping its traditional Hebrew transliteration)

In English. 


Reference

Ruth Schuster. (Oct 10, 2024) Archaeologists May Have Evidence of Ancient Jerusalem Bracing for Assyrian Onslaught  Online at: https://www.haaretz.com/archaeology/2024-10-10/ty-article/archaeologists-may-have-evidence-of-ancient-jerusalem-bracing-for-assyrian-onslaught/00000192-7588-df7d-afd2-f5fdce9b0000?utm_source=mailchimp&utm_medium=email&utm_content=author-alert&utm_campaign=Ruth+Schuster&utm_term=20241010-14:14

Some of the Excavated Jug Handles From Mordot Arnona

On display for the first time at the IAA Library, Jerusalem.Credit: Yoli Schwartz/ Antiquities Authority

Mesopotamian Style Eagle Vulture On One Of The Handles

Assyrian Invasion was Likely Triggered by a Drought

Lake bottom Core sample data from the Sea of Galilee showing the droughts
Lake bottom Core sample data from the Sea of Galilee. In historical times it shows two major droughts with several minor ones. Minor droughts are indicated anytime the curves turn downward. 
The 50 year long Great Drought of 1180 to 1140 BCE (Iron Age 1 period) is what ended the Bronze Age and the 5-year long Elijah drought of 845-840 BCE. The yellow gives the tree pollen level while the green gives the non-tree pollen level. (Langut and Finkelsein 2013)

Major Levant Droughts Based on Pollen Data From Sea of Galilee

(April 2, 2022) Droughts separate the archaeological periods in the Levant. States weakened by local droughts were often subject to raids right after the droughts by Mesopotamian empires which were unaffected due to their irrigation. Below is the latest widely accepted chronology proposed by Amihai Mazar in 2014 shown below: 

Droughts According to Drought Chart

  1. 1180-1140 BCE - Great Drought
  2. 980 BCE
  3. 845-840 BCE - Elijah Drought
  4. 732 BCE - led to Assyrian invasion
  5. 605 BCE - led to Babylonian invasion

References

Langut, D. Finkelsein, I, Litt, T. (2013) Climate and the Late Bronze Collapse: New Evidence from the Levant. Tel Aviv 40:149-175. Online at https://www.academia.edu/6053886/Climate_and_the_Late_Bronze_Collapse_New_Evidence_from_the_Southern_Levant
Mazar, Amihai (2005) The Debate over the Chronology of the Iron Age in the Southern Levant: its History, the Current Situation and a Suggested Resolution. pp. 15-30 in: T. Levy and T. Higham (editors), The Bible and Radiocarbon Dating - Archaeology, Text and Science. London. Online at: https://www.academia.edu/2632501/The_Debate_over_the_Chronology_of_the_Iron_Age_in_the_Southern_Levant_its_History_the_Current_Situation_and_a_Suggested_Resolution_2005