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15 In his inscriptions, Sennacherib also described his military cam- paigns along the Mediterranean coast, leading to battles with the Egyptians at the gateway to the Sinai peninsula. His list of con- quered cities reads like a chapter in the Old Testament—Sidon, Tyre, Byblos, Akko, Ashdod, Ashkalon—'"strong cities" that Sennacherib "overwhelmed" with the aid of "the awe-inspiring Brilliance, the weapon of Ashur, my lord." Reliefs that illustrate his campaigns (as the one depicting the siege of Lachish, Fig. 4) show the attackers using rocketlike missiles against their enemy. In 7, A nen OS ape Ss hak ING Wy Lg 7 qy/, The Wars of Man