The cuneiform inscription on this octagonal (8 facets) clay prism narrates the military campaigns of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib (reigned 704 - 681 BCE). Neo-Assyrian period, early 7th century BCE. From Nineveh, in modern-day Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. On display at the Iraq Museum in Baghdad, Republic of Iraq.
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