Stele of Zakkur

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The Stele of Zakkur (or Zakir) is a royal stele discovered in 1903 at Tell Afis, 45km southeast of Aleppo, in the territory of the ancient kingdom of Hamath.[1] It was published in 1907.[2] It reads in part:

“ I am Zakkur, king of Hamath and Luash . . . Bar-Hadad, son of Hazael, king of Aram, united against me seventeen kings . . .all these kings laid siege to Hazrach . . . Baalshamayn said to me, "Do not be afraid! . . .I will save you from all [these kings who] have besieged you"[3] ”

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  1. ^ Yildiz, Efrem "The Aramaic Language and Its Classification" Journal of Assyrian Academic Studies [1]
  2. ^ Gibson J.C.L., Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions II, Oxford 1975, num. 5.
  3. ^ As translated in Poobalan, Ivor "The Period of Jeroboam II with Special Reference to Amos" [2]

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