New Assuria period, solar disc, sun symbol with animals

Istanbul Archaeology Museums, Turkey

An eight-pointed cross engraved on a rectangular lump of marble stone. There is also a picture of a four-footed animal and a man, which seems to be a hunting scene.

New Assuria period 911 - 600 B.C.


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An eight-pointed cross engraved on a rectangular lump of marble stone
Taken on  Tuesday 07th of July 2015
Device: OLYMPUS IMAGING CORP.
Model: SP800UZ
Genre:  911 - 600 B.C.
Source:  Istanbul, Turkey

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