FRAGMENTS
OF A CYLINDER OF SARGON, king of Assyria, about 722-705BC, (from the library of Assur-bani-pal, king of Assyria, about 668-626BC, at Nineveh).
They describe the siege of the city of Ashdod in the land of the Philistines (see Is.xx.1).
Azuri, the king of Ashdod, had been deposed by Sargon, and Akimiti, his brother, had been made king in his stead.
The people refused to recognise the latter, and chose a certain Yamani.
Sargon thereupon hastily marched against the place and captured it, carrying off the gods of the city with the inhabitants; and Yamani fled to Egypt.
Sargon afterwards rebuilt Ashdod and peopled it with captives from various countries.