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Plaque Fragment with a Battle Scene; Neo-Assyrian period, 9th century B.C.; Assyrian style
Mesopotamia; excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu),
Northwest Palace, outside Room B
Expedition of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq
Ivory
Rogers Fund, 1952 (52.23.7)

In this fragment, the king in his chariot shoots an arrow. The enemy soldier behind the chariot wears an Urartian-style helmet.
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