The reliefs on these slabs originally a single, continuous work, measuring 8 feet (2.4 m) tall by 80 feet (24.4 m) long, which wrapped around the room. The reliefs were discovered by the then 28-year-old Austen Henry Layard during excavations in 1845-47. Fri and Holiday Eves 10 am - 2 pm Photo © The Israel Museum, Jerusalem, by Amalyah Oren, The Photographic Archive of the Isidore and Anne Falk Information Center for Jewish Art and Life, Welcome to the Shrine of the Book Complex, The Model of Jerusalem in the Second Temple Period, Falk Information Center for Jewish Art & Life, Statuette of a Deity wearing a Phoenician-style hat, Seal impression (bulla) that sealed an Aramaic papyrus document. Grabbe and other scholars today do consider the city pictured on Lachish relief to be Jerusalem. He also claimed that he besieged King Hezekiah of Judah in Jerusalem "Like a Bird in a Cage"[7] Lachish Battle Reliefs; Citadel at Nimrud; Throughout history, there have been occasions when the intentions and grand scheming of one distant nation have caused repercussions across a wide adjoining region. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Lachish and dozens of other towns in Judah (46, according to Sennacherib’s account) were destroyed by the Assyrian forces in 701 B.C.E. Hanukkah - 2-10.12, Free entrance for children under 18 in memory Bessie Rose Guberman, Canada, This relief provides a realistic depiction of the conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE. Sat, 8.12 10:30 am - 4 pm The following 47 files are in this category, out of 47 total. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum.jpg, Assyrian soldier, using a dagger, about to behead a prisoner from the city of Lachish. The Assyrians at first The Assyrians at first reached the area and establis hed a base ca mp for its ar my. will be closed to visitors until further notice, Tues, 4.12 (2nd day Hanukkah) 10 am - 9 pm [6] Sennacherib's conquests of Judean cities, without the capital Jerusalem, are mentioned in the Bible, the book of Kings, Book of Chronicles and in the book of Isaiah. 20180506 112854-siege-of-lachish.jpg 12,656 × 3,088; 13.16 MB This was Sennacherib’s greatest military victory, which he portrayed on grand reliefs in his palace in Nineveh. [4] Rawlinson had written in 1852: "At the same time, it is hardly possible that the capture of Lakitsu, which is figured in the most elaborate manner on the walls of Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh, can refer to this city, as the two names are written quite differently in the Cuneiform characters. Stone panels, found at the Palace of King Sennacharib, Nineveh (near Mosul), northern Iraq 700–692 BC. The right side of the relief depicts Sennacherib reviewing the procession of captives and booty. Sat and Holidays 10:30 am - 4 pm - Free entrance for children under 18, * Wed, Nov 11, 10 am - 1 pm The Shrine of the Book will be closed to visitors Das aus zwölf Platten bestehende Relief zeigt in einer zusammenhängenden, narrativen Szene die Eroberung der judäischen Stadt Lachisch im Jahr 701 v. Chr.