Assyrian Prisoners of War

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Alabaster bas-relief showing two women and a child as prisoners of war after the Assyrian army captured their city, detail of Panel 5 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 865-860 BCE.

The British Museum, 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 Prisoners of War. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7282/assyrian-prisoners-of-war/

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