The text of the first fragment discovered (K.6205), published in Rawlinson's editio princeps
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.
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The AzekahInscription, is a tablet inscription of the reign of Sennacherib (reigned 705 to 681 BC) discovered in the mid-nineteenth century in the Library...
Azekah (Hebrew: עֲזֵקָה, ʿazēqā) was an ancient town in the Shephela ("lowlands of Judea") guarding the upper reaches of the Valley of Elah, about 26 km...
campaign in Judah. The most important source for the battle is the AzekahInscription. The battle is not mentioned in the Hebrew Bible. Several kingdoms...
humans, that are significant to biblical archaeology. This table lists inscriptions which are of particular significance to the study of biblical chronology...
Corpus of Cuneiform Lexical Texts, and Royal Inscriptions of the Neo-Assyrian Period. AzekahInscription Esarhaddon's Treaty with Ba'al of Tyre Nimrud...
quarters (of the world) he has brought in submission to my feet. AzekahInscription Halamata Cave Lachish reliefs List of Assyrian kings List of biblical...
II's Prism A: records the region as Palashtu or Pilistu. c. 700 BCE: AzekahInscription records the region as Pi-lis-ta-a-a. c. 694 BCE: Sennacherib "Palace...
the east. The ridge also includes the site currently identified as Tel Azekah. Past this ridge is a series of connecting valleys between two parallel...
Lachish, according to the signals which my lord gave, for Azekah is not seen." This pottery inscription can be seen at the Israel Museum in Jerusalem. Occupation...
these three gods being tied together was found on a Triad amulet in Tel Azekah, closer to Jerusalem, Israel. In another myth, Wadjet was said to be the...
appears in the city list of Judah's tribal inheritance, after Socoh and Azekah (Jos 15, 36). After David killed Goliath, the Philistines ran away and were...
the period. Great views of the Shepehla, including the Judahite towns of Azekah, Socho, Goded, Lachish, and Maresha, could be seen from this fort. In the...
Amorite kings near Gibeon and pursued them southward past Beth-Horon to Azekah and Makkedah (Joshua 10:5-11). According to the Bible, when Joshua defeated...
ISBN 978-0-89757-049-7. S. Gitin, T. Dothan, and J. Naveh, "A Royal Dedicatory Inscription from Ekron," Israel Exploration Journal 47 (1997): 9-16 "Exodus 16 /...
JSTOR 41663872. Oded Lipschits, Yuval Gadot and Manfred Oeming (December 2012). "TEL AZEKAH 113 YEARS AFTER: Preliminary Evaluation of the Renewed Excavations at the...
Oded (2015). "Bliss and Macalister's Excavations at Tell Zakariya (Tel Azekah) in Light of Published and Previously Unpublished Material". In Wolff, Samuel...
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