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The Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud

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BIBLIOGRAPHY

Compiled by Samuel M. Paley and Alison B. Snyder

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Bartl, Peter V. "Layard's Drawings of the Incised Decorations on the Nimrud Reliefs Compared with the Originals," Iraq LXVII/2 (2005) Pp.17-29.

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