007 Battering Ram

Museum Description: The Assault on Lachish

Room: 10/Case: None/Number: WA 124906

Scripture: Ezekiel 21:22

It seems from these panels that the Assyrians built ramps to be able to attack the walls of Lachish, as the Romans famously did against the city of Masada.  They could then use the piece of military hardware you can see here, the battering ram.  Can you spot them?  They were likely so called because the action of banging against the wall was similar to that of a charging ram.  Some battering rams even had a carved ram's head on the end. You can see here they were enclosed to protect those inside from objects and fire thrown down from the walls.  This is something the Israelites would do to defend their cities, as recorded several times in the Bible.