Artifact of the Month: Siege of Lachish Wall Relief

This wall relief carving depicts the siege of the Judean city of Lachish, telling the story from the Assyrian point of view. The carving was created in c. 700 BC and was discovered in the 1850s in the ancient city of Nineveh, Assyria. The full original panel measured sixty-two feet in length and was nearly nine feet tall. The events shown on the panel are also recorded in the Bible in 2 Kings 18. The relief now resides in the British Museum.


All in all, despite the rather gruesome subject matter, the relief represents one of the more magnificent treasures from antiquity. It also provides support for the historicity of the scriptural record.
For information on similar artifacts related to the Bible, see Bible and Archaeology - Online Museum.
(Photos: BiblePlaces.com. Significant resources for further study: The Context of Scripture, volume 2, page 304; Lost Treasures of the Bible, by Fant and Reddish, pages 173-177.)
6 Comments:
Love these photos! When we visited the British Museum for the first time, not one docent had a clue where these reliefs were when I asked. Finally found them though, and they were worth the hunt.
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Wayne Stiles, at Wed Jul 30, 06:09:00 AM
Thanks Wayne.
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Mike Caba, at Wed Jul 30, 06:37:00 AM
Wayne must have been at the British Museum on an "off day." Took my wife to see the Lachish relief promising her that it will only take 1-hr off the time given to a shopping trip to London from Israel. Walked in to main entrance, asked first docent - without hesitation told us which level and how to access it. On coming to level asked again another docent - who walked us to the gallery containing the Lachish relief. Helena spent a "good hour" looking at the details of the relief and enjoyed every minute of it. I think she was looking at the detailing on the clothes and portrayal of artefacts.
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Harry Orenstein, at Wed Jul 30, 08:13:00 PM
Good story Harry.
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Mike Caba, at Wed Jul 30, 09:23:00 PM
gracias por la información
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Milagros Fernández, at Wed Aug 06, 01:29:00 AM
Milagros, you are welcome. If you like this type of post, we have a number of them you can see. Simply search for "artifact of the month" in the search box and the links to them will come up. Thanks again.
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Mike Caba, at Wed Aug 06, 08:22:00 AM
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