Sargon

The Sennacherib Prism


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Sennacherib's Annals are recorded on three prisms of cuneiform in 701 BC.
The annals are most remarkable for detailing an alternative to the Biblical account of Sennacherib's Siege of Jerusalem, against king Hezekiah, but also details Sennacherib's conquest of Syria and Lebanon.
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Source: http://web.archive.org/web/19970707095227/http://staff.feldberg.brandeis.edu/~jacka/ANET/sennacherib_inscription.html
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