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Doc A:What campaign does ‘The Sennacherib Prism’ begin describing in the first paragraph?
A
First
B
Second
C
Third
D
Fourth
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -They are found inscribed on a number of artifacts, and the final versions were found in three clay prisms inscribed with the same text: the Taylor Prism is in the British Museum, the Oriental Institute Prism in the Oriental Institute of Chicago, and the Jerusalem Prism is in the Israel Museum in Jerusalem.

Detailed explanation-2: -The biblical accounts tells us that during the siege Sennacherib sent a message to Jerusalem encouraging the city’s inhabitants to surrender and telling them that Hezekiah was mistaken in thinking that God would deliver the city from the Assyrian threat.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hexagonal clay prism, foundation record lists campaigns of Sennacherib until the start of his final war against Babylon, and includes a description of the tribute received from Hezekiah, King of Judah in 701 BC; 82 + 83 + 82 + 80 + 85 + 75 lines of inscription.

Detailed explanation-4: -It is housed in the British Museum. Another copy is displayed at the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago and is known as the Oriental Institute Prism. T The walls of the fortress of Lachish, which was destroyed by Sennacherib in 701 B.C.

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