Phoenician Ship
ca. 700 BCE
Credits
A. H. Layard, from The Monuments of Nineveh, (London: J. Murray, 1849), pl. 71. General Research Division, The New York Public Library. "Enemies of the Assyrians Taking Refuge in Ships." New York Public Library Digital Collections. http://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-4773-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 1.
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