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Iraq Expedition 10
III: Events
Stone relief, 2100-1900 BCE, showing a god stabbing a Cyclops demon with a broad-blade knife. From Tell Asmar, site of the Mesopotamian city of Eshnunna (Diyālā river valley, east central Iraq). Excavated by a University of Chicago Oriental Institute expedition led by Dr. Henri Frankfort.
Art, Ancient--Iraq | Reliefs (Sculptures) | Civilization, Ancient--Iraq | Excavations (Archaeology)--Iraq
Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago
Undated
Photographic prints; 16.6 x 11.5 cm
Archival Photographic Files
University of Chicago Library, Special Collections Research Center
apf3-01613

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