Material Clay Writing Akkadian cuneiform Present location British Museum | Size 6.4 x 4.4 cm Created c.710 BC | |
Discovered Mid 19th century. Combined identification in [1903] | ||
Sargon II's Prism A is an Assyrian tablet inscription describing Sargon II's (722 to 705 BC) campaigns. The first fragment discovered, K 1668, was discovered in Nineveh in the Library of Ashurbanipal.
An excerpt of the text as translated by Luckenbill as below:
"... Palestine, Judah, Edom, Moab ...".
References
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