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Relief with Assyrian Archers

738 BC
Limestone
Tell Tayinat
62 cm x 125 cm (total) x 14 cm

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Why do you think the Assyrians chose to depict themselves in this manner?

What does the fact that these stones were later reused for paving suggest about the fate of the Assyrian occupation?

What do you think the act of severing the head of an enemy might symbolize?

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