The timeframe is roughly that of the days of the Judges....wonder if when they open and read those envelopes will there be any info about activity in the lands to their south? Or will it be just routine correspondence....Now after the death of Joshua it came to pass, that the children of Israel asked the LORD, saying, Who shall go up for us against the Canaanites first, to fight against them? Judges 1:1
era city once located on the Tigris River. The settlement emerged from the waters of the Mosul reservoir early this year as water levels fell rapidly due to extreme drought in Iraq.
The extensive city with a palace and
several large buildings could be ancient Zakhiku – believed to have been
an important center in the Mitanni Empire (ca. 1550-1350 BC)..... the city was destroyed in an earthquake around 1350 BC, during which
the collapsing upper parts of the walls buried the buildings.
Of particular interest is the discovery of five ceramic vessels that
contained an archive of over 100 cuneiform tablets. They date to the
Middle Assyrian period, shortly after the earthquake disaster struck the
city. Some clay tablets, which may be letters, are even still in their
clay envelopes. The researchers hope this discovery will provide
important information about the end of the Mitanni-period city and the
beginning of Assyrian rule in the region."
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