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This scene, with a fleeing enemy horseman turning to appeal to his Assyrian pursuers, is both a realistic battlefield event and a symbolic humiliation of a defeated enemy. Assyrian, reign of Tiglath-pileser III, about 728 BCE. From the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Iraq; re-used later in the South-West Palace. (The British Museum, London).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, August 24). Surrender of Horseman, Assyrian Relief. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5473/surrender-of-horseman-assyrian-relief/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Surrender of Horseman, Assyrian Relief." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 24, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5473/surrender-of-horseman-assyrian-relief/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Surrender of Horseman, Assyrian Relief." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 24 Aug 2016. Web. 27 Jul 2024.