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Alabaster wall panel; relief; attack on enemy town by river; some Assyrians break through the lower walls; their main siege engine is under attack; the enemy have caught their battering lever on a chain; two Assyrians hold it in place with hooks; torches are thrown but water is piped from the siege engine to quench the flames; inscription.
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