Monolith of Shalmaneser II., King of Assyria

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Monolith of Shalmaneser II., King of Assyria



‎From a Photograph by Clarke and Davies.
‎B.C. 850. Now in the British Museum, No. 88.
‎His campaigns in Western Asia, 800 to 823 B.C., have a particular interest, for here we find the Assyrians first coming in contact with the Israelites.

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