For the first time in Jerusalem: an Assyrian inscription from the First Temple period was discovered

Rare evidence for royal Assyrian court communication to the king of Judah. The rare historical evidence was discovered next to the Western Wall of the Temple Mount, in an Israel Antiquities Authority excavation and the City of David Foundation. 

 A cuneiform inscription on a small pottery sherd addresses a delay in payment from the Kingdom of Judah to the Assyrian Empire. A possible scenario under investigation: a deliberate tax revolt, such as the Bible describes regarding King Hezekiah rebelling against Sennacherib, King of Assyria.