Annals of Sennacherib

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The Annals of Sennacherib are a series of Neo-Assyrian royal inscriptions that record the military campaigns and achievements of King Sennacherib, including his famous siege of Jerusalem in 701 BCE.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Neo-Assyrian text ⓘ
cuneiform inscription ⓘ
historical source ⓘ
royal inscription ⓘ
associatedWith Sennacherib ⓘ
city of Nineveh ⓘ
linked to: Nineveh
author Sennacherib ⓘ
contains descriptions of deportations ⓘ
descriptions of sieges ⓘ
lists of conquered cities ⓘ
lists of tribute ⓘ
royal titulary of Sennacherib ⓘ
culture Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
dateFrom 8th century BCE ⓘ
dateTo 7th century BCE ⓘ
describes campaigns against Elam ⓘ
campaigns against Hezekiah of Judah ⓘ
campaigns against Judah ⓘ
campaigns in Babylonia ⓘ
campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
construction projects in Nineveh ⓘ
fieldOfUse Assyriology ⓘ
genre royal annals ⓘ
geographicScope Judah ⓘ
Levant ⓘ
linked to: Levant region

Mesopotamia ⓘ
historicalPeriod Neo-Assyrian period ⓘ
linked to: Neo-Assyrian Empire
language Akkadian ⓘ
materialForm clay prisms ⓘ
stone inscriptions ⓘ
mentionsDate 701 BCE ⓘ
mentionsDeity Ashur ⓘ
Ishtar ⓘ
linked to: Inanna
mentionsEvent siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
linked to: Siege of Jerusalem
mentionsPerson Hezekiah ⓘ
preservation multiple copies on prisms and cylinders ⓘ
purpose commemoration of military victories ⓘ
royal propaganda ⓘ
records achievements of Sennacherib ⓘ
military campaigns of Sennacherib ⓘ
relatedWork Jerusalem Prism ⓘ
Oriental Institute Prism ⓘ
linked to: Sennacherib Prism

Taylor Prism ⓘ
religiousContext invocations of Assyrian gods ⓘ
usedAs comparative source for biblical studies ⓘ
primary source for Neo-Assyrian history ⓘ
primary source for the history of Judah ⓘ
writingSystem cuneiform ⓘ

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Referenced by (6)

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

Annals of Sargon II → relatedWork → Annals of Sennacherib ⓘ
subject linked to: annals of Sargon II
siege of Lachish → describedBySource → Sennacherib's annals ⓘ
linked to: Annals of Sennacherib
Lachish reliefs → relatedWork → Taylor Prism of Sennacherib ⓘ
linked to: Annals of Sennacherib
Assyrian siege of Jerusalem (701 BCE) → describedIn → Sennacherib’s annals ⓘ
linked to: Annals of Sennacherib
destruction of Babylon (689 BCE) → describedBySource → Assyrian royal inscriptions of Sennacherib ⓘ
subject linked to: destruction of Babylon
linked to: Annals of Sennacherib
Level III (Assyrian destruction level) → relatedToTextualSource → Sennacherib's royal inscriptions ⓘ
linked to: Annals of Sennacherib