Attack on an enemy town (Tiglath-Pileser III)

c. 728 BC · Assyria

Attack on an enemy town (Tiglath-Pileser III), from Assyria, dated c. 728 BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the British Museum, London.

Date

c. 728 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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