page_title: Donald Wiseman
section_title: Studies
hierarchical_section_title: Donald Wiseman / Studies
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Stèle d'Assarhaddon victorieux - Pergamonmuseum, Berlin. English: en:Esarhaddon returned after defeating en:Taharqa at en:Memphis; Taharqa's son, the prince is shown in bondage on this stele. Shows the cuneiform story, (over-inscribed on the scene). The victory was from battle no. 2, 671 BC. Battle no. 1 was won by Taharqa in 674 BC.(see en:Victory stele of Esarhaddon over Taharqa-671 BC)
context_page_description: Donald John Wiseman OBE FBA FSA was a biblical scholar, archaeologist and Assyriologist. He was Professor of Assyriology at the University of London from 1961 to 1982.
context_section_description: Wiseman studied at Dulwich College and King's College London, where he won the McCaul Hebrew prize. After World War II, he read Oriental Languages at Wadham College, Oxford, studying Hebrew under Godfrey Driver and Akkadian under Oliver Gurney and obtaining a Master of Arts degree. He joined the Oxford Inter-Collegiate Christian Union and became its President in 1947. Donald Wiseman married Mary Ruoff in 1948, and they had three children.
caption: A victory stele of Esarhaddon, whose treaties Wiseman studied and published.
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