Image: The upper end of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, from Nimrud, Mesopotamia..

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Description: The upper part has a ziggurat-like end. The upper 1st (top) registers of sides A and D are shown in this picture. The king (side A, right), 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. In side D (left), Gilzaneans appear to carry casseroles and other tribute for the king. From Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia (Iraq). Neo-Assyrian period, 825 BCE. The British Museum, London.
Title: The upper end of the Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III, from Nimrud, Mesopotamia..
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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