Detail from the Balawat Gates, made for Shalmeneser III, Neo-Assyrian, c858 BC-824 BC. The Balawat Gates are three sets of decorated bronze bands that had adorned the main doors of several buildings at Balawat (ancient Imgur-Enlil), dating to the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 BC) and Shalmaneser III (r. 859-824 BC).
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