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These fragments were part of a stela which was found at the Row of Stelae in the city of Ashur. It depicts a woman who wears a crown in the shape of a crenelated city wall. This is queen Ashur-Sharrat, wife of Ashurbanipal. It is rare to see an Assyrian queen without her husband. The queen raises her hand in salutation. Limestone, from Ashur, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. 7th century BCE. (The Pergamon Museum, Berlin).
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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, August 28). Ashur-Sharrat Stela. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2982/ashur-sharrat-stela/
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