Taylor Prism

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The Taylor Prism is a clay Assyrian royal inscription that records King Sennacherib’s military campaigns, including his siege of Jerusalem, and serves as a key artifact for studying Neo-Assyrian history and its intersection with biblical accounts.

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Taylor Prism canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Assyrian royal inscription ⓘ
Neo-Assyrian artifact ⓘ
clay prism ⓘ
cuneiform inscription ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Sennacherib Prism ⓘ
Taylor Cylinder ⓘ
associatedWith Book of Isaiah ⓘ
Book of Kings ⓘ
linked to: Books of Kings

Hebrew Bible ⓘ
linked to: Tanakh
category ancient Near Eastern inscription ⓘ
collection British Museum Middle East Department ⓘ
condition well preserved ⓘ
createdInReignOf Sennacherib ⓘ
creator Sennacherib ⓘ
culture Assyrian ⓘ
linked to: Assyria
currentLocation British Museum ⓘ
dateWritten circa 691 BCE ⓘ
depicts military campaigns of Sennacherib ⓘ
describes Sennacherib’s siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
discoveredBy Colonel Robert Taylor ⓘ
discoveryDate 1830 ⓘ
discoveryLocation Nineveh region ⓘ
linked to: Nineveh Governorate
genre royal annals ⓘ
historicalPeriod Neo-Assyrian Empire ⓘ
inscribedBy Assyrian royal scribes ⓘ
language Akkadian ⓘ
length approximately 38 centimeters ⓘ
material baked clay ⓘ
mentions Hezekiah, king of Judah ⓘ
linked to: Hezekiah

fortified cities of Judah ⓘ
tribute from Hezekiah ⓘ
museumId Rassam Cylinder series (Taylor Prism) in British Museum ⓘ
linked to: Sennacherib Prism
numberOfColumns 6 ⓘ
numberOfSides 6 ⓘ
placeOfOrigin Nineveh ⓘ
purpose royal propaganda ⓘ
records Assyrian campaigns in the Levant ⓘ
campaigns against Babylon ⓘ
campaigns against Judah ⓘ
tribute and booty taken by Sennacherib ⓘ
relatedWork Jerusalem Prism of Sennacherib ⓘ
linked to: Sennacherib Prism

Oriental Institute Prism of Sennacherib ⓘ
linked to: Sennacherib Prism
scriptDirection right-to-left horizontal lines ⓘ
shape hexagonal prism ⓘ
significance extra-biblical reference to the siege of Jerusalem ⓘ
important for studying Assyrian–biblical correlations ⓘ
key source for Neo-Assyrian history ⓘ
writingSystem Akkadian cuneiform ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

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

Sennacherib → associatedWork → Taylor Prism ⓘ
siege of Lachish → describedBySource → Taylor Prism ⓘ
Annals of Sennacherib → relatedWork → Taylor Prism ⓘ
Sennacherib Prism → relatedWork → Taylor Prism ⓘ