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Image: The Assyrian king Shalmaneser III receives tribute from Sua, king of Gilzanu, The Black Obelisk.

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Description: This is the upper 1st (top) register, side A, of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III. The king, surrounded by his royal attendants and a high-ranking official, receives a tribute from Sua, king of Gilzanu (north-west Iran), who bows and prostrates before the king. From Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia (Iraq). Neo-Assyrian period, 825 BCE. The British Museum, London.
Title: The Assyrian king Shalmaneser III receives tribute from Sua, king of Gilzanu, The Black Obelisk.
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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