Azekah Inscription

Azekah Inscription
The text of the first fragment discovered (K.6205), published in Rawlinson's editio princeps
MaterialClay
WritingAkkadian cuneiform
Createdc.700 BC
DiscoveredMid 19th century. Combined identification in [1903]
Present locationBritish Museum
IdentificationK.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.