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title: Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10149/yoked-captives-from-the-city-of-dabigu-under-assyr/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10149.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10149.jpg)

## Image Caption

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](https://www.worldhistory.org/syria/), attack on the [city](https://www.worldhistory.org/city/) of Dabigu, c. 858 BCE. Detail, [bronze](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/bronze/) band from the Balawat gates. Embossed. Original (not an electrotype copy). From Tell Balawat, in modern-day [Nineveh](https://www.worldhistory.org/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](https://www.worldhistory.org/assyria/) BC, 860-825. London.

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
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/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Yoked Captives from the City of Dabigu Under Assyrian Escort." *World History Encyclopedia*, March 04, 2019. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10149/yoked-captives-from-the-city-of-dabigu-under-assyr/>.
### MLA
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/>.

## License & Copyright

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