Tham khảo tài liệu 'prehistoric & protohistoric cyprus phần 8', ngoại ngữ, anh ngữ phổ thông phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | 344 Island History and Island Identity on Cyprus During the 7th century reign of Esarhaddon Bc a clay prism recording the reconstruction of the royal palace of Nineveh lists the names of ten kings and kingdoms of ladnana Borger 1956 60 Pritchard 1969 291 Yon 2004 54-5 . lacovou 2002 81-3 discusses the internal developments that likely lay behind the change in the number of kingdoms from seven Sargon to ten Esarhaddon . In Esarhaddon s inscription the kings of ladnana along with those of Hatti and several states in the Levant reportedly sent timbers of cedar and pine and various types of stone statues and bulding materials for the rebuilding of Esarhaddon s palace. The same ten names and kingdoms found on Esarhaddon s inscription are repeated on the Rassam Cylinder of Ashurbanipal last great king of the Neo-Assyrian empire Bc . These kingdoms are listed as part of an army that in the company of various Levantine rulers is said to have marched against Egypt Ethiopia and Nubia Luckenbill 1927 II 340-1 876 Pritchard 1969 294 Yon 2004 55 . Whatever one makes of Assurbanipal s claim did he do anything beyond copying the list of names in its entirety attempting to bolster his imperial image by means of describing a foray into the distant regions of the Upper Nile Esarhaddon s inscription is probably describing raw materials obtained either through regular commercial trade or gift exchange. Although Sargon s Display Inscription boasts that he established his officals as governors not just over ladnana but over a long list of lands from Egypt to Elam Iran Luckenbill 1927 II 26 neither the presence of a stele nor the claim of a far-distant potentate can be taken as proof that an Assyrian army garrison or governor were ever present on Cyprus much less dominating the country Reyes 1994 52-3 Iacovou 2002 82-3 . Yon and Malbran-Labat 1995 moreover have noted that on Sargon s stele as opposed to other contemporary Neo-Assyrian stelae and documents there is no
