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This rock relief lies on the cliff of Hareer Mountain, which looks over the modern village of Patas and Hareer, Erbil Governorate, Iraqi Kurdistan. The relief depicts a standing man who wears a hat, raises his right arm, and holds a long spare in his left arm. It is surrounded by a prominent frame. Archaeologists think that this relief commemorates the victory of a Median king over the Assyrian army. However, others suggest that the depicted man is King Hdiab III and this dates back the relief to 83 CE.
The relief has undergone extensive and continuous mutilation and deliberate destruction by local villagers because they think/thought that this man represents a god and this stands against their Islamic beliefs. Note the innumerable bullet marks.
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