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