Picture No | 10060840 |
Date | circa 750 BC |
Description | LAW/PUNISHMENT/FLOGGING |
Details |
This carved wall relief shows the practices of torture and execution used by the Assyrians against their enemies. Prisoners are flayed and have their heads cut off.
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Source | Unattributed engraving from Layard's 'Nineveh and Babylon' 1853. |
Credit | Mary Evans Picture Library |
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