Sennacherib's Annals

When Sennacherib Prisms two Assyrian Tonprismen be referred wearing a Akkadian historical text on each of the six sides. They date to the reign of the Assyrian king Sennacherib and report events from the years 701-681 BC

The prisms were written as " foundation " documents to document the deeds of Sennacherib before the gods and of posterity. They now serve as important evidence for Assyrian history, but also in Jewish history, since the siege of Jerusalem during the reign of King Hezekiah is (701 BC) described that is also attested in the Bible. The different viewpoints of opponents show up in the comparison of the prism texts with the authorities in Isaiah ( from 37.33 to 38 EU) and in the second Book of Kings ( 18 EU and from 19.32 to 36 EU). The prisms are one of the three previously found documents, which left the Assyrian monarch on his campaign against Judah.

Taylor prism

The Taylor Prism is a 38.5 cm high and 16.5 cm wide, six -sided prism of baked clay. It was discovered in the Assyrian capital of Nineveh in today Nebi Yunus Tell mentioned. The British Consul-General of Baghdad, Colonel R. Taylor, acquired it in 1830. According to him, it was named when it sold in 1855, his widow to the British Museum in London. There, the Taylor prism is since then. As one of the first major Assyrian text documents, it also played a significant role in the decipherment of cuneiform.

Chicago - prism

The Chicago - prism is a 38.0 cm high and 14.0 cm wide Tonprisma. It has also been unearthed in the ruins of Nineveh. In the winter of 1919/1920 it was sold on the art market in Baghdad and is now in the Oriental Institute in Chicago.