King Sargon II (721 - 705 BC), shown on a typical Assyrian relief from the Royal Palace of Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). The relief is again not a portrait of the king, but a conventional representation of an Assyrian ruler.

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King Sargon II. King Sargon II (721 - 705 BC), shown on a typical Assyrian relief from the Royal Palace of Dur-Sharrukin (Khorsabad). The relief is again not a portrait of the king, but a conventional representation of an Assyrian ruler.

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