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Head of a man, fragment of a relief sculpture from Room N in the palace of the Assyrian king Sargon

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Colossal statue of Gilgamesh, original in Khorsabad, late 8th c. BCE © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,

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Detail from gypsum-alabaster relief of a foreign groom in a tributary processionFrom the palace at K

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Lamassu (Bull man), Babylon

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Dur-Sharrukin (Dūr Šarrukên, “Fortress of Sargon”) was a planned city built by Sargon II and occupie

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massarrah:Neo-Assyrian Gold TabletThis object, made of gold, mimics the typical clay tablets of anci

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gazophylacium:Assyrian Lamassu (protective spirit one of  two 40 ton statues flanking the entrance t

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ancient-mesopotamia:Gate of the Citadel of Sargon II, Dur Sharrukin (photo taken during excavation i

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