Assyrian War Relief Panel, Nimrud

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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published on 12 September 2017
Assyrian War Relief Panel, Nimrud Download Full Size Image

Alabaster bas-relief showing Assyrian soldiers playing catch with decapitated heads of their enemies. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 6 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Musuem, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 12). Assyrian War Relief Panel, Nimrud. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7280/assyrian-war-relief-panel-nimrud/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Assyrian War Relief Panel, Nimrud." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 12, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7280/assyrian-war-relief-panel-nimrud/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Assyrian War Relief Panel, Nimrud." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 Sep 2017. Web. 28 Nov 2023.

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