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English: Assyria slingers hurling stones towards the enemy at the city of -alammu. The name of the city was mentioned completely, but only the last part of the city's name, -alammu, survives. The city probably lies in modern-day Turkey or Iran. Detail of a gypsum wall relief dating back to the reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE, from the South-West Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Currently housed in the British Museum, London.
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