Esarhaddon Victory Stele Recreation is resin cast about 15.5 inches tall by 9.5 inches wide. The stele shows Esarhaddon the king of Assyria holding ropes attached to the kneeling Taharqa (or his son Ushankhuru) and standing is Baal I the king of Tyre (or the king of Sidon). This stele commemorates the return of Esarhaddon after his army's 2nd battle and victory over Pharaoh Taharqa in northern ancient Egypt in 671 BC. It was discovered in 1888 in Zincirli Höyük (Sam'al, or Yadiya) by Felix von Luschan and Robert Koldewey. It is now in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin. The prior battle of 674 BC was won by Taharqa after confronting Esarhaddon after his initial foray into the Levant; Esarhaddon then entered northern Egypt but was repulsed by Taharqa's forces. The second battle of 671 BC saw Taharqa retreat with his army to Memphis; Memphis was taken with Taharqa then fleeing to Kush. Taharqa is mentioned in the Bible in 2 Kings 19:8-10 and Isaiah 37:9. Esarhaddon boasts in his inscriptions that Manasseh, king of Judah was one of twenty-two vassal kings who paid him tribute in the form of building materials. It was Esarhaddon or Ashurbanipal who took Manasseh away in captivity to Babylon (2 Chronicles 33:11).