Azekah Inscription | |
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Material | Clay |
Writing | Akkadian cuneiform |
Created | c.700 BC |
Discovered | Mid 19th century. Combined identification in [1903] |
Present location | British Museum |
Identification | K.6205 + BM 82-3-23,131 |
The Azekah Inscription, is a tablet inscription of the reign of Sennacherib (reigned 705 to 681 BC) discovered in the mid-nineteenth century in the Library of Ashurbanipal. It was identified as a single tablet by Nadav Na'aman in 1974.
It describes an Assyrian campaign by Sennacherib against Hezekiah, King of Judah, including the conquest of Azekah.