Motif
destruction of conquered cities by fire
destruction_of_conquered_cities_by_fire
A motif of the Sacred Combat and Ritual Warfare family. Every row below is a tagged passage; each rests on a quote in its source text.
2 occurrences
1 traditions
mesopotamian
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Assyrian and Babylonian Literature: Selected Translations THE INSCRIPTION OF AGUMKAKRIME / INSCRIPTION OF AGUMKAKRIME 5 / INSCRIPTION OF RAMMAN-NIRARI I 7 / INSCRIPTION OF TIGLATH-PILESER I 13; lines 4751-4836 confidence: high
Qummuh withholds tax and tribute due to Ashur; the narrator conquers it, takes goods, burns cities, and the remaining people flee across the Tigris to Seresse.
The narrator repeatedly burns conquered cities, and later burns a city and its palace after taking captives, idols, and property.
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Cuneiform Parallels to the Old Testament TELL-EL-AMARNA / LETTERS FROM TA'ANEK 2S1 / III. ASHURNAZIRPAL (885-860 B. C.) / IV. SHALMANESER III (859-825 B. C.); lines 17899-18016 confidence: high
The narrator approaches cities of Irkhulini the Hamathite, captures Adennu, Parga, and Argand, brings out booty and palace goods, and sets fire to the palaces.
The narrator says he sets fire to palaces and burns Qarqar after plundering and destroying it.
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