Art and Empire : treasures from Assyria in the British Museum / edited by J.E. Curtis & J.E. Reade ; with contributions by D.Collon, J.E. Curtis, I.L. Finkel, A.R. Green, H. McDonald, J.E. Reade, C.B.F. Walker ; foreward by R.G.W Anderson

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