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Images of Assyrian, Mesopotamian,
Sumerian, Canaanite, Hittite
and Ugaritic Hells
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| Akkadian Seal: Nergal with a curved sword in his left hand and a mace, flanked by two branches ending in feline heads. His right foot rests on the body of a man lying at the base of a mountian. The nine column inscription on this seal identifies the figure as Nergal. |
| Iraq Museum, Baghdad. Made of steatite (soapstone), c. 2360–2180 BCE. Actual size 4.2 cm high, 2.7 cm. diameter. |
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