Endnotes

1.

Donald J. Wiseman, Chronicles of Chaldaean Kings (626–556 B.C.) in The British Museum (London: British Museum, 1956).

2.

Wiseman, The Alalakh Tablets (London: British Institute of Archaeology at Ankara, 1953).

3.

Georgina Hermann, Ivories from Nimrud (1949–1963), IV (London: Brirish School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1986). Further volumes in this series, however, are planned.

4.

M. E. L. Mallowan, in Nimrud and Its Remains, 2 vol. (London: Collins, 1966) included descriptions and photos of more than 200 ivories (eight in color) making knowledge of the finer restored pieces available.

5.

Wiseman, The Vassal-Treaties of Esarhaddon (London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1958).

6.

Wiseman, “A New Stela of Assur-nasir-pal II,” Iraq 14 (1952), pp. 22–44.

7.

Wiseman, “Jonah’s Nineveh,” Tyndale Bulletin 30 (1979), pp. 29–51. Hence Jonah 3:3 should now read (as in the New International Version) “… Nineveh was a very important city—a visit required three days.”