Illustration
The upper register shows Urartians advancing into battle (against the Assyrians) from mountains while the lower register shows handing over of prisoners to an Assyrian officer from the camp. Shalmaneser III's military campaign in Armenia, c. 860 BCE. Detail, bronze band from the Balawat gates. Embossed. Original (not an electrotype copy). From Tell Balawat, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Regin of Shalmaneser III, 858-854 BCE. (The British Museum, London).
Source of the description of the band: King L. W. (1915) Bronze Reliefs from the Gates of Shalmaneser King of Assyria BC, 860-825. London.
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