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Alabaster wall panel relief: above is the sack of an Elamite city, perhaps Susa in about 647BC; below, Ashurbanipal reviews booty from the capture of Babylon in 648BC. Above, Elamite booty is carried leftwards to be inspected by the Assyrian king and includes a wheeled throne and statues of bulls on carts. Below is the inspection of booty from Babylon, as described in cuneiform inscription. The king is his chariot is on a very big scale. In the middle row the Elamite king in a bulbous hat submits to Assyrians. At the bottom, men and women are marched away as prisoners.
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