This alabaster bas-relief was placed on the facade of the throne room. It depicts 2 men as tribute bearers. The one of the left wears a turban of a kind worn in the north-west Syrian territories; he raises his hands in token of submission. The second man behind him, most likely a Phoenician, brings a pair of monkeys. The Assyrian kings, in general, enjoyed exotic animals. The "standard inscription" of Ashurnasirpal II runs horizontally across the relief. From court D, panel 7, the north-west palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu; Biblical Calah). From Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period, 865-860 BCE. The British Museum, London.
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