Lachish Reliefs

The Lachish Reliefs are Assyrian stone carvings from King Sennacherib's palace at Nineveh, depicting his conquest of Lachish, one of the most important fortified cities in the Kingdom of Judah, during his invasion in −701.

The reliefs portray Assyrian soldiers attacking the city with siege ramps and battering rams, while Judean defenders resist from the walls. They also depict prisoners, deported families, and captured treasures.

The siege is described in 2 Kings 18–19 and Isaiah 36–37. These reliefs provide extraordinary visual evidence of Judah's conflict with Assyria and are among the earliest surviving depictions of Judean inhabitants during a documented historical event.