King Tiglath Pileser III Holds a Bow (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 28 August 2014

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King Tiglath Pileser III Holds a Bow — Siege scene depicting the Assyrian king Tiglath Pileser III armed with a bow. Next to him, an Assyrian warrior wears a classical pointed Assyrian helmet and holds a dagger. Alabaster wall relief, from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, 745-727 BCE.

The Pergamon Museum, Berlin.

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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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