Tell Gallery

Stone Head. Represent a god, goddess or a worshipper. Late U

Stone Head. Represent a god, goddess or a worshipper. A vertical groove at the back of the head, with nail holes on the sides, suggests that it may have originally been fixed to a pole. Late Uruk Period. 3300-3000 BC. From the Eye Temple. Tell Brak, Syria. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

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Amarna Letters

Amarna Letters. 14th century BC. Clay tablets with cuneiform script, mostly written in Akkadian. Designate a file of correspondence, mostly diplomatic, between the Egyptian administration and its representatives in Canaan and Amurru. 1350-1330 BC. From Amarna (Upper Egypt). British Museum. London. United Kingdom

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Stone relief from the palace of Sennacherib, depicting the assault on the gate tower of Lachish

Stone relief from the palace of Sennacherib, depicting the assault on the gate tower of Lachish. An Assyrian siege machine can be seen on the right. Culture: Assyrian. Date/Period: Late Assyrian c. 701 BC. Place of Origin: Nineveh, Assyria, Ancient Iraq. Material Size: Stone. Credit Line: Werner Forman Archive/ British Museum, London. Location: 13

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