Ashurnasirpal II's Stela from Kurkh

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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The Assyrian King Ashurnasirpal II worships in front of god symbols. The cuneiform inscription describes his military campaign in the year 879 BCE, when the Assyrian army attacked the lands of the upper Tigris River, near Diyarbakir (modern southern Turkey). This stela was probably set up soon afterwards in one of the main cities under the Assyrian rule. Neo-Assyrian era, 879 BCE, from Kurkh, near Diyarbakir. (British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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