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Victory stele of Esarhaddon
The stele shows Esarhaddon standing on the left in an honorific pose. He is holding a mace club in his left hand, together with a rope ending in a ring that passes through the lips of the two conquered kings kneeling before him. His right hand is addressing the gods. Cuneiform script covers the entire medium bas relief scene.
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Asshur
second son of Shem (Gen 10:22 ; 1Chr 1:17 ). He went from the land of Shinar and built Nineveh, etc. (Gen 10:11 ; 10:12). He probably gave his name to Assyria, which is the usual translation of the word, although the form Asshur is sometimes retained (Num 24:22 ; 24:24; Ezek 27:23 ), etc. In (Gen 2:14 ) "Assyria" ought to be "Asshur," which was the original capital of Assyria, a city represented by the mounds of Kalah Sherghat, on the west bank of the Tigris. This city was founded by Bel-kap-kapu about B.C. 1700. At a later date the capital was shifted to Ninua, or Nineveh, now Koyunjik, on the eastern bank of the river. (See CALAH; NINEVEH)
EBD - Easton's Bible Dictionary