Sargon II Palace Inscriptions
Significant
Description
Cuneiform inscriptions from Sargon II's palace at Khorsabad describing his conquest of Samaria and deportation of 27,290 Israelites in 722 BC.
Biblical Significance
Confirms the biblical account of the Assyrian conquest of the Northern Kingdom of Israel (2 Kings 17:6), providing the Assyrian perspective on this pivotal event.