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Sonia Halliday
Dating to about 800 B.C.E., the relief may depict a queen or nursemaid holding a Neo-Hittite prince (and leading a Neo-Hittite pet). The Assyrian king Sargon II destroyed the city in 717 B.C.E (see Isaiah 10:9).
Sonia Halliday