Sennacherib's Annals
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Sennacherib's Annals are the annals of the Assyrian king Sennacherib. They are found inscribed on a number of artifacts, and the final versions were found in three clay prisms inscribed with the same text: the Taylor Prism is in the British Museum, the Oriental Institute Prism in the Oriental Institute of Chicago, and the Jerusalem Prism is in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.
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Sennacherib's Annals of his military campaign (704–681 BC), including his invasion into the Kingdom of Judah | |
Material | Clay |
Size | Varies |
Writing | Akkadian cuneiform |
Created | c. 690 BCE |
Discovered | From 1830 |
Present location | Final editions in the British Museum,[1] Oriental Institute of Chicago, and the Israel Museum |
The Taylor Prism is one of the earliest cuneiform artifacts analysed in modern Assyriology, having been found a few years before the modern deciphering of cuneiform.
The annals themselves are notable for describing Sennacherib's siege of Jerusalem during the reign of king Hezekiah. This event is recorded in several books contained in the Bible including Isaiah chapters 36 and 37; 2 Kings 18:17; 2 Chronicles 32:9. The invasion is mentioned by Herodotus, who does not refer to Judea and says the invasion ended at Pelusium on the edge of the Nile Delta.[2]