Sennacherib Prism

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Assyrian royal annals clay prism cuneiform document royal inscription

The Sennacherib Prism is an ancient Assyrian clay prism inscribed with King Sennacherib’s royal annals, most famously detailing his military campaigns including the siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Oriental Institute Prism	1
Sennacherib Prism canonical	1

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Assyrian royal annals ⓘ clay prism ⓘ cuneiform document ⓘ royal inscription ⓘ
approximateDateOfCreation	early 7th century BCE ⓘ late 8th century BCE ⓘ
associatedReligion	Mesopotamian religion ⓘ
associatedWith	Hezekiah NERFINISHED ⓘ Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ
chronologicalContext	reign of Sennacherib ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
creator	Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ
culture	Assyrian ⓘ
dateOfEventDescribed	701 BCE ⓘ
depicts	military campaigns of Sennacherib ⓘ siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
describesConflictWith	Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ
describesEvent	siege of Jerusalem by Sennacherib ⓘ
describesTitleOfSennacherib	king of Assyria ⓘ king of the world ⓘ
evidenceFor	Assyrian account of the siege of Jerusalem ⓘ political relations between Assyria and Judah ⓘ
function	commemoration of military victories ⓘ record of royal achievements ⓘ
genre	royal propaganda ⓘ
hasFormat	multi-sided prism ⓘ
historicalPeriod	Neo-Assyrian period NERFINISHED ⓘ
inscribedBy	Assyrian scribes ⓘ
language	Akkadian ⓘ
material	clay ⓘ
medium	inscribed clay ⓘ
mentions	Hezekiah of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ fortified cities of Judah ⓘ tribute from conquered cities ⓘ
placeOfOrigin	Nineveh NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedWork	Jerusalem Prism NERFINISHED ⓘ Oriental Institute Prism of Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ Taylor Prism NERFINISHED ⓘ
scriptDirection	right-to-left ⓘ
subjectMatter	Assyrian imperial expansion ⓘ sieges and conquests ⓘ subjugation of vassal kings ⓘ tribute and booty ⓘ
usedAs	extra-biblical source for the siege of Jerusalem ⓘ primary source for Neo-Assyrian history ⓘ
writingSystem	Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ

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Subject: Sennacherib Prism
Description of subject: The Sennacherib Prism is an ancient Assyrian clay prism inscribed with King Sennacherib’s royal annals, most famously detailing his military campaigns including the siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Sennacherib → associatedWork → Sennacherib Prism ⓘ

Annals of Sennacherib → relatedWork → Sennacherib Prism ⓘ

this entity surface form: Oriental Institute Prism