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Warriors in camp lighting fire. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Ashurbanipal in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Warriors in camp lighting fire. Stone bas-relief (7th BC...

A flute player. Detail from a stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Ashurbanipal in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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A flute player. Detail from a stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palac...

Water, corn growing from water, sheep, men bearing gifts, and the Goddess Inanna (Innin). five rows of limestone bas-reliefs on the Warka-Vase, a cult vase from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Water, corn growing from water, sheep, men bearing gifts, and t...

Goddess Inanna (Innin) behind her symbols (two sheafs of reed). Detail from the Warka-Vase, a limestone cult vase from Uruk, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Goddess Inanna (Innin) behind her symbols (two sheafs of reed)....

The Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) leads the vanquished by a nose-ring. The left kneeling figure is Ushanakhuru, son of Pharaoh Taharqa, on the right the Baal of Tyrus. Granite stele (7th BCE) from Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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The Assyrian King Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE) leads the vanquished by...

Goddess Gula with her dog. Kudurru of Nazimarutash. Above her the crescent of the moon god,the star of Ishtar,the solar disk of Shamash and the scorpion of the underworld. War booty brought to Susa, 12th BCE Black limestone,Kassite period, 55 x 22 cm Sb 21
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Goddess Gula with her dog. Kudurru of Nazimarutash. Above her the crescent o...

Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughter (holding a harp) to Nanai, goddess of health and medicine.Detail see 08-02-04/47. Black limestone Kudurru found at Susa, Iran 83 x 42 cm - Sb 23
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Kudurru of Babylonian King Melishishu II,1202-1188 BCE who presents his daughte...

Foreign tributaries bringing gifts and tribute. The black stele of Shalmaneser III (859-825 BCE) Mesopotamia (Iraq).
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Foreign tributaries bringing gifts and tribute. The black stele of Shalm...

Army musicians with cimbals and harps. Limestone stele (7th BCE) from the palace of Ashurbanipal, Niniveh, Mesopotamia; 2nd register of four. 162 x 103 cm AO 19908
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Army musicians with cimbals and harps. Limestone stele (7th BCE) from the...

Servants carrying implements for the royal hunt. Alabaster bas-relief (8th BCE) from the palace of Sargon II in Khorsabad, Mesopotamia (Iraq). 306 x 352 cm AO 19 878
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Servants carrying implements for the royal hunt. Alabaster bas-relief (8t...

Servants carrying dishes for the royal meal. Alabaster bas-relief (8th BCE) from the palace of Sargon II in Khorsabad, Mesopotamia (Iraq). 306 x 352 cm AO 19 878
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Servants carrying dishes for the royal meal. Alabaster bas-relief (8t...

Assyrian soldiers with ox-cart leading Elamite prisoners of war to exile after the battle of Til Tuba. Detail of an alabaster bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace of Ashurbanipal in Niniveh, Mesopotamia. Overall dimension 97 x 123 cm
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Assyrian soldiers with ox-cart leading Elamite prisoners of war to exil...