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A close-up image of the lower end of an Assyrian sword's sheath.The sheath's end has been decorated with bodies of 2 roaring lionesses. The sword depicted on this alabaster bas-relief belongs to an Assyrian attendant and the feathers on the background belong to a human-headed and winged protective spirit. From 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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Amin, O. S. M. (2015, September 13). Assyrian Sword Sheath. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/4072/assyrian-sword-sheath/
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