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Phoenician Ship

ca. 700 BCE

Relief of two people impaling three people.

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Impaled Corpses at Lachish

Iron Age II, 7th Century BCE

Stone cube inscribed with cuneiform.

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Lot (puru), Assyria

Iron Age II, 9th Century BCE

Basalt stela inscribed with Akkadian writing and figure on throne next to standing figure. Inset shows close-up of Akkadian writing.

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Stela with the Laws of Hammurabi

Bronze Age, 18th Century BCE

Relief of many figures in a row, some of whom are naked with hands tied behind their backs.

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Prisoners, Naked and Bound, in Embossed Relief

Iron Age II, 9th Century BCE

Wall relief showing three bare-headed musicians in tunics holding stringed instruments against their chests, with bearded soldier holding weapon behind them.

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Musicians in a Relief from Nineveh

Early 7th Century BCE

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Scribes Writing Lists

Late 8th Century BCE

Relief of five standing figures carrying objects, and another figure prostrate in the middle of figures, surrounded by rectangular border with Akkadian inscription.

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Jehu on Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

859 BCE–824 BCE

Relief of rows of archers and soldiers with shields and spears.

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Conquest of Lachish Depicted on Relief of Sennacherib

700–681 BCE

Stone tablet with large crack in middle inscribed with Akkadian writing.

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Idol-quickening Instructions

6th Century BCE

Drawing of helmeted figures carrying statues.

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Cult statues in Assyrian relief

Iron Age, 8th Century BCE

Model of temple and long avenue lined with small uniform buildings.

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Ishtar Gate and Processional Avenue

605 BCE–562 BCE