EditorialThe Taylor Prism. The Sennacherib Prism. Library of Ashurbanipal. Hexagonal clay prism foundation record list campaigns of Sennacherib until the start f his final war againts Babylon, and includes a discription of the tribute received from Hezekiah, Ki...
EditorialSennacherib's prism (691 BCE), describing the third campaign of the king to reassert Assyrian hegemony over Syria and Canaan. It mentions among others Hezekiah, King of Judah.
EditorialPrism describing the restoration of Babylon. Period of king Assarhadon (681-669 BCE) who rebuilt Babylon, destroyed by his father Sanherib. Baked clay, 19,4 x 8,4 cm AO 7736.
EditorialChronological list of kings of Larsa from 2025-1763 BCE Terracotta prism with Cuneiform writing from the third year the reign of King Hammurabi, 1st Babylonian Dyn. (1792-1750 BCE). From Larsa, Iraq 29.5 x 10 cm-AO 7025.
EditorialFragment of inscribed prism (kudurru), Neo-Babylonian, ca. 7th?6th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Babylon (?), Babylonian, Clay, 3 x 4 x .75 in. (7.62 x 10.16 x 1.9 cm), Clay-Tablets-Inscribed.
EditorialThe Taylor-Prism, Neo-Assyrian, from Niniveh, northern Iraq, 691 BCE. This six-sided baked clay document is a foundation record, intended to preserve Sennacherib's achievements for posterity and the gods. The prism records Sennachrib's third campaign, ...
EditorialStone prism of Esarhaddon, Neo-Assyrian, 680-660 BCE. The small stone monument records the restoration of the walls and the temples of the city of Babylon by king Esarhaddon. The cuneiform inscription is written in archaic characters to suggest antiqui...