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Warship

Warship


‎The 69-cm-high relief from the period of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (704–681 BCE) shows a vessel (galley) powered by banks of oarsmen used as a warship. Its bow was designed to ram and sink enemy vessels. The shields of the warriors hang on the ship’s side in order to protect the vessel.
Num 24:24; Judg 5:17; Job 9:26; Ps 104:26; Prov 30:19; Dan 11:30; 1 Macc 1:17; 11:1; 15:4

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