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Alabaster bas-relief sowing a beheaded soldier; he was an Assyrian enemy. An Assyrian cavalry is passing over him. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 9 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 13). Decapitated Soldier, Assyrian Relief. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7274/decapitated-soldier-assyrian-relief/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Decapitated Soldier, Assyrian Relief." World History Encyclopedia, September 13, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7274/decapitated-soldier-assyrian-relief/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Decapitated Soldier, Assyrian Relief." World History Encyclopedia, 13 Sep 2017, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7274/decapitated-soldier-assyrian-relief/.
