Silber Pearlman Website

Silber Pearlman Website

Silber Pearlman Website

The Prism, now in the British Museum in London, is also known as the Taylor Prism after Colonel R Taylor the British Consul General at Baghdad, who acquired it in 1830.

The Taylor Prism, a simple clay cylinder, gives in cuneiform script, a detailed account of some of the Assyrian king’s military campaigns. It is a small, yet important part of Sennacherib’s legacy to modern historians.

Taylor Prism

The British Museum highlights the significance of the Taylor Prism but not simply as a stunning record of the day. As one of the first Assyrian documents rediscovered, it played an important part in the development of cuneiform translation.