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Assyrians flaying their prisoners alive, and carrying away heads of the slain (Kouyunjik)

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Punishments -- Torture

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Assyrians flaying their prisoners alive, and carrying away heads of the slain (Kouyunjik)
Collection

Wallach Division Picture Collection

Punishments -- Torture

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1859
Topics
Punishment & torture
Military personnel -- Assyrian -- Assyria
Flaying
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Notes
Source note: Discoveries among the ruins of Nineveh and Babylon : with travels in Armenia Kurdistan, and the desert... (New York : Harper, 1859) Layard, Austen Henry, Sir (1817-1894), Author.
Type of Resource
Still image
Identifiers
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b17252197
Barcode: 33333159446901
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4beaa010-c562-012f-407c-58d385a7bc34
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  • 1859: Issued
  • 2014: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

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The New York Public Library. "Assyrians flaying their prisoners alive, and carrying away heads of the slain (Kouyunjik)" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1dd7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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The New York Public Library. (1859). Assyrians flaying their prisoners alive, and carrying away heads of the slain (Kouyunjik) Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e1-1dd7-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

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Assyrians flaying their prisoners alive, and carrying away heads of the slain (Kouyunjik)