Assyrian Deportation of People from Southern Iraq (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 24 August 2016

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Assyrian Deportation of People from Southern Iraq — This is one of a series of panels that showed Tiglath-pileser III's military campaigns in southern Iraq. On the left is a captured town, with a siege engine beside the gate. In the center, Assyrian clerks with tablet and scroll record details of the campaign. The civilian prisoners with their possessions are moving to the right, towards the Assyrian king who was shown on another panel. From the Central Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2016, August 24). Assyrian Deportation of People from Southern Iraq. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/5480/

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Assyrian Deportation of People from Southern Iraq." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified August 24, 2016. https://www.ancient.eu/image/5480/.

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Amin, Osama S. M. "Assyrian Deportation of People from Southern Iraq." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 24 Aug 2016. Web. 18 Jan 2021.

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