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These musical instruments were given to the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (reigned 858-824 BCE) by the king of Hamath (now Hama) in Syria. His name, Urhilina, appears in Luwian hieroglyphs on the underside of the right shell. The border was incised in a guilloche pattern. From Fort Shalmaneser at Nimrud, in modern-day Iraq. Neo-Hittite period, 9th century BCE. (The British Museum, London).
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