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Scribes Writing Lists
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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. 

Places:

Calah, Assyria (Nimrud, Iraq)

Date:

Late 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Scribal culture, War, Finance, Violence, Sculpture

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Sculpture
Relief of two standing figures in profile, wearing long tunics and curly hair, writing and another figure standing opposite them.
Conquest of Lachish Depicted on Relief of Sennacherib
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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…

Places:

Nineveh, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

700–681 BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Monarchy, Violence, Exile, Gravestones & tombs, Sculpture

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Sculpture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Relief of rows of archers and soldiers with shields and spears.
Assyrian Soldier Slaying a Captive
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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)

Date:

Late 9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Violence, Military, Death, Gravestones & tombs, Sculpture

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Sculpture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Drawing of soldier holding shield and wearing helmet killing naked man with two archers standing to the side.
Battlefield with Prisoners and Corpses, on Egyptian Palette
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Battlefield with prisoners and corpses, on Egyptian cosmetic palette, ca. 3100 BCE. The scene includes bound prisoners being led off and corpses being eaten by vultures, ravens, and a lion. Burial was…

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El-Amarna, Egypt (Minya, Egypt)

Date:

ca. 3100 BCE

Subjects:

War, Violence, Animals, Punishment, Archaeology, Sculpture

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Sculpture
Stone decorated with animals, two figures with hands bound, and floating bodies, cracked on top.