Cuneiform prism describing the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon; stamped with Assyrian hieroglyphic inscription; Neo-Assyrian; ca. 676-672 B.C.; Mesopotamia; probably from Babylon (modern Hillah); Assyrian; Clay; 4.25 x 11.4 x 2.75 in. (10.8 x 28.96 x 7 cm); Clay-Tablets-Inscribed-Seal Impressions; Following a series of revolts against Assyrian rule; the city of Babylon was sacked by the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 689 B.C. In his inscriptions; Sennacherib claims to have destroyed the city entirely; but his successors concentrated on restoring Babylon鈥攁nd with it their claim to legitimate rule of Babylonia