Says scholar Jack Finegan: “In view of the general note of boasting which pervades the inscriptions of the Assyrian kings, however, it is hardly to be expected that Sennacherib would record such a defeat. ”
Studiuesi Xhek Finegan thotë: « Megjithatë, kur mbajmë parasysh tonin gjithë mburrje që karakterizon mbishkrimet e mbretërve asirianë, nuk presim që Senakeribi ta dokumentonte këtë disfatë. »