Assyrian military camps during the reign of Shalmaneser III
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Military camps, Shalmaneser III, Imgur-Enlil / BalawatAbstract
The aim of this paper is to compile and analyse Assyrian military camps depicted in the reliefs of Imgur-Enlil. This study enables the reconstruction of the main architectural features of the camps, as well as to notice the evolution in their design and the existence of ties of dependence between some of them.
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