2632325 Fragments of the Victory Stele of Sargon II, King of Assyria, Ashdod (basalt) by Assyrian, (8th century BC); The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel; (add.info.: The Sargon Stele (German: Kition-Stele) is a stele that was found in the autumn of 1845 in Cyprus. It was found on the site of the former city-kingdom Kition, in present-day Larnaca??in the debris of medieval ruins to the west of the old harbour of Kition" at a location that "corresponds to the [archaeological] site of Bamboula".The language on the stele is Assyrian Akkadian. The stele was placed there by king Sargon II (722-705 BC) of Assyria upon the conquest of Cyprus by the Neo Assyrian Empire (935-605 BC).); 穢 Israel Museum, Jerusalem ; Collection of the Israel Antiquities Authority.