Word: phonecian
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Dates: during 1934-1934
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...Nabu, god of scribes and historians. Nabu's staue was gone from the central shrine where once it stood. But on the stonework bordering the steps was a prayer addressed to Nabu by King Sargon. There were carvings in wood and ivory, some of Egyptian inspiration, others bearing Phonecian winged sphinxes, bronze hinges engraved with images of bulls, men, centaurs, mermaids; an ivory fragment depicting a woman staring out of a window...
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