Abstract
This article examines the evidence from SAA 19 text 28, which apparently mentions Ashdod, as well as several towns in the surrounding region, on which Tiglath-pileser III imposed a loyalty oath. It discusses the Assyrian practice of imposing loyalty oaths, and their use in the Assyrian West in the period of Tiglath-pileser III. Furthermore, the towns mentioned in this text are identified, and the implications of an Assyrian loyalty oath being imposed in the period of Tiglath-pileser III on a polity bordering Judah are explored.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 275-289 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Orientalia |
| Volume | 87 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| State | Published - 2018 |