| Sargon II's Prism A | |
| Material: | Clay |
| Size: | 6.4 x 4.4 cm |
| Writing: | Akkadian cuneiform |
| Created: | c.710 BC |
| Discovered: | Mid 19th century. Combined identification in [1903] |
| Location: | British Museum |
Sargon II's Prisms are two Assyrian tablet inscriptions describing Sargon II's (722 to 705 BC) campaigns, discovered in Nineveh in the Library of Ashurbanipal. The Prisms today are in the British Museum.[1] [2]
An excerpt of the text as translated by Luckenbill as below:
"... Philistia, Judah, Edom, Moab ...".
Here is some of the text from journal article : Inscribed Prisms of Sargon II from Nimrud (https://www.jstor.org/stable/4199590)
Sargon, great king, mighty king....king of Sumer and Akkad. Favourite of the great gods; upon methe gods Assur, Nabu and MardukBestowed a kingdom without peer and promoted the favourable calling of my name to the highest place.who took care of Sippar, Nippur, Babylon, and Brosippa, talents of gold730 talents shekel (of silver?) for the work upon Esarra the shrine of the god Assur I (laid out?)and make it shine like the light of day.With 16 ta(lents of) bright (gold)....
(The man of Sa)maria who with a king(hostile to) me had consorted together not to do service and not to bring tribute and they did battlein the strength of the great gods, my lordsI clashed with them7280 people with (their) chariotsand the gods their trust, as a spoil I counted, 200 chariots as my royal muster. I mustered from among themthe rest of themI caused to take their dwelling in the midst of AssyriaThe city of Samaria I restored and greater than beforeI caused it to become. People of lands conquered by my two handsI brought within it; my officeras prefect over them I placed, andtogether with the people of Assyria I counted themThe people of the land of Musur and the ArabiansI caused the blaze of Ashur my lord to overwhelm them...[5]