This is one of a long procession of tribute bearers seen arriving from modern-day Syria or Turkey, on the western fringes of the Assyrian Empire. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sargon II, 710-705 BCE. From Room X of the Royal Palace at Khorsabad (Dur-Sharrukin), Northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (British Museum, London)
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