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    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...
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    Balawat (Classical Syriac: ܒܝܬ ܠܒܬ, beṯ labat) is an archaeological site of the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil, and modern village in Nineveh Province...
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    Balawat Gates, or the Balawat Bronze Bands are three sets of decorated bronze bands that had adorned the main doors of several buildings at Balawat (ancient...
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  • The Balawat Gates are of archaeological and historical significance because they are considered a "'major' find from a 'minor'" site. Tell-Balawat, the...
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    century BC and the relatively minor city of Imgur-Enlil, modern Balawat. The Balawat Gates were all double gates about 20 foot high, with both the front...
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    Parker, Barbara (1963). "Economic Tablets from the Temple of Mamu at Balawat". Iraq. 25 (1): 86–103. doi:10.2307/4199734. JSTOR 4199734. Parker, Barbara...
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    Unger who was the curator of the Istanbul museum described the remains of Balawat Gates that are still in the Istanbul Museum. Unger was fully aware that...
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  • site. The visit of the latter king is among the scenes depicted on the Balawat Gates (Band X). As Shubria is well attested as a destination for refugees...
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    – human-headed winged lions and reliefs from Nimrud with the Gates of Balawat The British Museum – human-headed winged bulls from Dur-Sharrukin The British...
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    headlines in July 2007 when Israel asked for its return Gezer calendar Balawat gates (one gate) Samaria ostraca Warning inscription from the Second Temple...
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    style. The most famous of these are the "Balawat Gates" commissioned by Shalmaneser III for his palace at Balawat (ancient Imgur-Enlil); additional fragmentary...
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    3). Toronto University Press. pp. 31, 26–28. iv 6 Door fitting from the Balawat Gates, BM 124660. Ran Zadok (1984), Assyrians in Chaldean and Achaemenians...
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    objects including the Cyrus Cylinder from Babylon, the bronze gates from Balawat, important objects from Sippar, and a fine collection of Urartian bronzes...
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    archaeological work at Balawat for the British Institute for the Study of Iraq and subsequently prepared drawings of the Balawat Gates. After her retirement...
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    several large-scale building projects at cities like Assur, Nineveh and Balawat. The most impressive and important project conducted was the restoration...
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    Qasr Shemamok (Kilizu/Kilizi/Kakzu) Qal'at Jarmo Tell Taya Tell Hassuna Balawat (Imgur-Enlil) Tell es-Sweyhat Tell Hadidi (Azu) Mumbaqat (Tall Munbāqa...
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    major buildings, but were mostly looted at the fall of the empire; the Balawat Gates are the principal survivors. Temples often predated the creation...
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    and two of the unique and historically important bronze strips from the Balawat Gates. He identified the famous Hanging Gardens of Babylon with the mound...
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    Ashurnasirpal II and Shalmaneser III of Assyria. Sangara already appeared in the Balawat Bronze Bands of Ashurnasirpal II as a tributary probably at some time before...
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    locations on the outskirts of the town were excavated by Hormuzd Rassam. In Balawat (the ancient Assyrian city of Imgur-Enlil) a number of Assyrian artifacts...
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    Xanten Horse-Phalerae Middle East Ain Sakhri figurine Assyrian lion weights Balawat Gates Blacas ewer Uruk Trough Blau Monuments Palmer Cup Standard of Ur...
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    decorated with reliefs, several of which have survived, such as the various Balawat Gates. Other traditional types of art continued to be produced, and the...
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    Towns and villages include: Bashiqa Bahzani Bakhdida Bartella Karemlash Balawat Assyrian homeland Proposals for Assyrian autonomy in Iraq Assyrian settlements...
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    production in 852 BC is shown in the relief of the bronze door bands of the Balawat Gates, now in the British Museum. Above the Tunnel there is a natural rock...
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  • was built by the Assyrian king Assurnasirpal II in Imgur-Enlil (modern Balawat) next to the royal palace, but according to Wilfred G. Lambert, in this...
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  • the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian & Archaeological Society. The Balawat Gates are discovered in Assyria by Hormuzd Rassam. 31 Iguanodon skeletons...
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    Xanten Horse-Phalerae Middle East Ain Sakhri figurine Assyrian lion weights Balawat Gates Blacas ewer Uruk Trough Blau Monuments Palmer Cup Standard of Ur...
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    Babaleshwar Babanagar Bagalur Bailkur Balabatti Baladinni Balaganur Balaganur Balawat Ballolli Baluti (R.C) Banahatti (P.A) Bandal Bangaragund Bannihatti Bannihatti...
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    Xanten Horse-Phalerae Middle East Ain Sakhri figurine Assyrian lion weights Balawat Gates Blacas ewer Uruk Trough Blau Monuments Palmer Cup Standard of Ur...
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    Nippur, dating from 2000 BC, were in dolerite. The tenons of the gates at Balawat were sheathed with bronze (now in the British Museum). These doors or gates...
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