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Image: Assyria slingers hurling stones towards the enemy at the city of -alammu. Detail of a wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum

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Description: Assyria slingers hurling stones towards the enemy at the city of -alammu. The name of the city was mentioned completely, but only the last part of the city's name, -alammu, survives. The city probably lies in modern-day Turkey or Iran. Detail of a gypsum wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE, from the South-West Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Currently housed in the British Museum, London.
Title: Assyria slingers hurling stones towards the enemy at the city of -alammu. Detail of a wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Nineveh, Iraq, currently housed in the British Museum
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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