Level III (Assyrian destruction level)
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Level III (Assyrian destruction level) is the archaeological layer at Lachish that preserves the remains of the city destroyed by the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib during his late 8th-century BCE campaign against Judah.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
archaeological layer
ⓘ
destruction layer ⓘ |
| associatedWith | Assyrian siege ramp at Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithCulture | Judahite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEmpire | Neo-Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithEvent | Assyrian siege of Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithPolity | Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithRuler | Hezekiah of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithStructure |
Lachish city gate complex
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
fortifications of Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalPeriod | Iron Age II NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| chronologicalSubperiod | Iron IIB ⓘ |
| destroyedBy |
Neo-Assyrian Empire
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Sennacherib NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destroyedByMilitaryCampaign | Sennacherib's campaign against Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| destructionApproximateYear | 701 BCE ⓘ |
| destructionDate | late 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| documentedInSource | excavation reports from Tel Lachish ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
David Ussishkin
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
James Leslie Starkey NERFINISHED ⓘ Yigael Yadin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidence |
arrowheads
ⓘ
burn layer ⓘ charred remains ⓘ collapsed structures ⓘ destruction debris ⓘ sling stones ⓘ |
| hasSignificance |
evidence for Assyrian military tactics and destruction
ⓘ
key stratigraphic marker for late 8th century BCE in Judah ⓘ |
| interpretedAs | archaeological evidence of Sennacherib's conquest of Lachish ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Lachish
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tel Lachish NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInCountry | Kingdom of Judah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| materialRemainsInclude |
ceramic assemblages of late 8th century BCE Judah
ⓘ
inscribed objects from Judahite administration ⓘ |
| overlies | Level IV at Lachish ⓘ |
| partOf | stratigraphy of Lachish ⓘ |
| preserves | remains of the city of Lachish destroyed by Assyrians ⓘ |
| relatedToIconography | Lachish reliefs from Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh GENERATED ⓘ |
| relatedToTextualSource |
Hebrew Bible account of Sennacherib's campaign
GENERATED
ⓘ
Sennacherib's royal inscriptions GENERATED ⓘ |
| researchTopicIn |
Neo-Assyrian military history
ⓘ
Syro-Palestinian archaeology NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| stratigraphicLevelNumber | III ⓘ |
| underlies | Level II at Lachish ⓘ |
| usedFor | correlating archaeological and historical chronologies of Judah ⓘ |
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