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Ishtar Gate and processional avenue, Babylon. This scale model in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin shows the splendor of the city in the days of the prophet—or prophets—whose words are preserved in…
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Babylon, Babylonia (Babylon, Iraq)
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605 BCE–562 BCE
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This panel, from a relief in Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh, complements Sennacherib’s statement, in the account of his campaign to Judah, that Hezekiah sent him “his elite troops (and) his best…
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Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)
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700–681 BCE
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Cult statues in Assyrian relief from the Palace of Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 745–727 BCE) in Kalhu/Calah (today’s Nimrud, Iraq). Although no Mesopotamian cult statues have been found, reliefs such…
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Callah, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)
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Iron Age, 8th Century BCE
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Scribes writing lists, Nimrud, late eighth century BCE. Two Assyrian scribes, standing side by side, make lists of booty as it comes in. One writes on a clay tablet and the other writes on a scroll.
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Calah, Assyria (Nimrud, Iraq)
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Late 8th Century BCE
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This relief, from Sennacherib’s palace in Nineveh, shows Sennacherib’s army attacking Lachish (an event alluded to in 2 Kings 18:14 and 17). Sennacherib is sitting on his throne outside the city…
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Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)
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700–681 BCE
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Chariots trampling enemies and burning city in drawing of late 8th century BCE Assyrian relief in Sargon’s palace in Khorsabad, Iraq. One of Sargon’s horse-drawn chariots, its driver holding a whip…
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Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria (Khorsabad, Iraq)
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Late 8th Century BCE
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The six men from Lachish in this section of Sennacherib's palace relief are dressed quite differently from the men shown in other sections. They are clad in the simplest of short-sleeved, unbelted…
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Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)
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ca. 701 BCE
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Soldier slaying captive, Khorsabad, late eighth century BCE. The captive is probably a Samarian seized during Sargon’s conquest of the city. From a relief in the palace of Sargon at Dur-Sharrukin…
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Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria (Khorsabad, Iraq)
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Late 9th Century BCE
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This section of the relief from the palace of Sennacherib, king of Assyria (reigned 705–681 BCE), in Nineveh depicting his conquest of Lachish in 701 BCE, shows Judahite inhabitants filing out of the…
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Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)
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ca. 701 BCE
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Prisoners, naked and bound, in embossed relief, Assyria, Iron Age II, 9th century BCE. These prisoners, from a city in Syria, were conquered by the army of Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria (reigned…
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Callah, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)
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Iron Age II, 9th Century BCE