Biblical Hebrew Forum

[Maria Solarez <funi AT earthlink.net>]

This discussion is fascinating. What period of time do the small tablets 
found in
present day Iraq(now located in various museums and universities) reflect?

Thanks, Maria

Ian Hutchesson wrote:

> At 16.44 02/06/00 +0200, Jonathan D. Safren wrote:
> >
> >
> >> When did Aramaeans first hit Mesopotamian inscriptions -- not Ahlamu, but
> >> Aramaeans? When the Hebrews were already supposed to have been in
> >> Palestine. When the climatic change drove them out of the steppes and 
> >> into
> >> more arable lands to survive, causing such trouble for the Assyrians and
> >> Babylonians in the Khabur region and Suhi.
> >>
> >
> >If I remember correctly - and I may not - the Arimu, identified with the
> >Arameans, first appear in 12th century BCE Middle Assyrian inscriptions.
> >I forgot which king mentions them first; it may have been one of the
> >Tukulti-Ninurtas or the Tiglat-Pilesers. Someon e have a book handy?
>
> Yes, it was a Tiglath-pileser -- the first. End of the twelfth, beginning
> of the eleventh.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Ian
>
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