Stock Photo - The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III (858-824 BC) Assyrian, about 827 BC. The obelisk was erected in the centre of Nimrud, shortly before Shalmaneser III's death. It records the king's campaigns, showing tribute brought from all directions. The stone itself is a fine-grain black limestone streaked with white.

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