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Image: Tiglath-pileser III, an alabaster bas-relief from the king's central palace at Nimrud, Mesopotamia.

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Description: The Assyrian king, identified by his conical cap with a turban wrapped around it (so-called Polos), stands (under a parasol) in his royal chariot and raises his right arm in a greeting gesture. From the Central Palace (re-used in the South-West Place by Esarhaddon) ) at Nimrud (modern-day Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period, circa 730-727 BCE. The British Museum, London.
Title: Tiglath-pileser III, an alabaster bas-relief from the king's central palace at Nimrud, Mesopotamia.
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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