Cuneiform Tablet Yields Biblical Figure

It has been called the most significant find for biblical archeology in a 100 years. Searching among a massive collection of 130,000 Assyrian cuneiform tablets at the British Museum, Prof. Michael Jursa discovered a financial account which described one "Nabu-sharrussu-ukin" as the "chief eunuch" of Nebuchadnezzar II. Vaguely remembering such a name, Prof Jusra checked and found it, though spelled differently, in chapter 39 of the Book of Jeremiah. According to Jeremiah, this man was a chief officer for the Babylonian king and was present at the siege of Jerusalem. The recently discovered tablet describes a transaction occurring the in the 10th year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar and hence some 12 years before the siege and ultimate fall of Jerusalem. Though a seemingly insignificant detail in the biblical record, Dr. Irving Finkel of the British Museum said, "I think that it means that the whole of the narrative takes on a new kind of power."