Image: Tiglath-pileser III and submission of an enemy, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, Iraq. The British Museum

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Description: In this alabaster bas-relief, the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III stands over an enemy's right shoulder. The king is being greeted by a high-ranking official and both are surrounded by attendants. The cuneiform inscriptions above narrate one of the king's military campaigns in modern-day Iran. From the Central Palace (re-used in the South-West Place) at Nimrud (modern-day Ninawa Governorate, Iraq), Mesopotamia, Neo-Assyrian period, circa 728 BCE. The British Museum, London.
Title: Tiglath-pileser III and submission of an enemy, 8th century BC, from Nimrud, Iraq. The British Museum
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Author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg)
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