描述埃萨哈登修复巴比伦的楔形文字棱镜，刻有亚述象形文字铭文 - 美国大都会艺术博物馆展品查阅

品名（中）	描述埃萨哈登修复巴比伦的楔形文字棱镜，刻有亚述象形文字铭文
品名（英）	Cuneiform prism describing the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon, stamped with Assyrian hieroglyphic inscription
入馆年号	1886年，86.11.283
策展部门	古代近东艺术（Ancient Near Eastern Art）
创作者
创作年份	公元前 676 - 公元前 672
创作地区
分类
尺寸	2 7/8 × 4 7/16 × 4 1/4 英寸 (7.3 × 11.3 × 10.8 厘米)
介绍（中）	在一系列反对亚述统治的叛乱之后，巴比伦城于公元前689年被亚述国王西拿基立洗劫。在他的铭文中，西拿基立声称已经完全摧毁了这座城市，但他的继任者专注于恢复巴比伦——以及他们对巴比伦的合法统治。在这幅棱镜中，西拿基立的儿子和继任者埃萨尔哈顿描述了他重建这座城市的努力。他将巴比伦的毁灭归咎于巴比伦的毁灭，而不是他的父亲，而是巴比伦的主要神祇马尔杜克的愤怒，这是由于巴比伦人民忽视他们的神和仪式而引起的。与此同时，Esarhaddon声称已将被驱逐出境者和被掠夺的财产送回城市，这是对亚述人罪行的默许。这个棱镜以其底座上的象形文字设计而引人注目。这些图像逆时针阅读，显示了一棵风格化的树、一头狮子、一座山、一把犁和一棵枣树;棱镜损坏部分的其他符号丢失。这些标志一起被认为是Esarhaddon的名字和头衔的加密文字。
介绍（英）	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—and with it their claim to legitimate rule of Babylonia. In this prism, Sennacherib’s son and successor Esarhaddon describes his efforts to rebuild the city. He ascribes Babylon’s destruction not to his father, but rather to the anger of Babylon’s chief deity, Marduk, provoked by the Babylonian people’s neglect of their gods and rituals. At the same time, Esarhaddon’s claim to have returned deportees and looted possessions to the city is a tacit admission of Assyrian guilt. This prism is remarkable for the hieroglyphic design on its base. The images, to be read counterclockwise, show a stylized tree, a lion, a mountain, a plow, and a date-palm; other symbols on the damaged part of the prism are lost. Together, the signs are thought to form a cryptographic writing of Esarhaddon’s name and titles.