The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, side A, 3rd register

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Attendants bring tribute from Musri with two-humped camels. Musri, meaning a borderland, probably refers to a country in eastern Iran or in Egypt.
From Nimrud, (ancient Kalhu), near the building of Shalmaneser, neo-Assyrian era, 827 BCE, Mesopotamia, northern Iraq. (The British Museum).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, April 01). The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, side A, 3rd register. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2487/the-black-obelisk-of-shalmaneser-iii-side-a-3rd-re/

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