Relief fragment: siege of a city by Assyrian troops

c. 704–681 BC · Assyria

Relief fragment: siege of a city by Assyrian troops, from Assyria, dated c. 704–681 BC. It was found at Nineveh. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 704–681 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nineveh

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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