“The looting of the temple of Haldi at Muṣaṣir, as depicted on a stone relief from the decoration of Sargon’s palace at Dur-Šarruken. The original is now lost and the only remaining record is this drawing by Eugène Flandin, made at the site of the excavation. The Assyrian soldiers are shown making away with their spoils of war while a pair of scribes record a seated Assyrian official’s account, presumably enumerating the looted objects from the sanctuary which dominates the scene, with dedicatory statues, cauldrons and shields and spears decorating its front.”
