Taylor Prism

c. 691 BC · Assyria

A six-sided clay prism recounting King Sennacherib’s campaigns, including his siege of Jerusalem in the time of King Hezekiah.

Date

c. 691 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nineveh

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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  7th century BC

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• 
  11th century BC

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• 
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