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Urartian cauldron

Urartian Cauldron with Bulls 


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The attachment hardware on this Urartian cauldron features the bull motif common in Urartian art of the eighth century B.C., probable date of this artifact from Altintepe, Turkey. The Urartians were early and powerful rivals of the Assyrians, whose domain bordered Urartu (“Ararat”) to the south. As the Assyrian Empire grew stronger, Urartu weakened, becoming a vassal state to Assyria by the reign of Ashurbanipal. Urartu’s King Sardur III (reigned 645–635 B.C.) called Ashurbanipal his “father,” a common term of submission.
‎Gen 8:4, Isa 37:38, Jer 51:27, Ezek 24:11

Image by Evgeny Genkin, from Wikimedia Commons. License: CC BY-SA 3.0

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