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.... .... .... .... Milestones in Biblical Archaeology .... .... ... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... Analysis 147 .... .... .... .... .... The stela depicting Ashurnasirpal II is made of limestone with a round top. The stela shows Ashurnasirpal II in an attitude of worship, raising his right hand to symbols of the gods and its inscription describes the campaign of 879 when Assyrians attacked the lands of the upper Tigris, in the Diyabakir region. These stela is part of the The Kurkh Monoliths are two Assyrian stelae that contain a description of the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II and his son Shalmaneser III. The Monoliths were discovered in 1861 by a British archaeologist John George Taylor and are of great importance to studies in Biblical Archeology. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kurkh_Monoliths .
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