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This is the lower register (of two registers; the upper one is not shown) which shows yoked captives and their Assyrian escort. Shalmaneser III's military campaign in northern Syria, attack on the city of Dabigu, c. 858 BCE. Detail, bronze band from the Balawat gates. Embossed. Original (not an electrotype copy). From Tell Balawat, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Reign 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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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, March 04). Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10149/yoked-captives-from-the-city-of-dabigu-under-assyr/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort." World History Encyclopedia, 04 Mar 2019, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10149/yoked-captives-from-the-city-of-dabigu-under-assyr/.
