[Misleading] British Museum notice:
"Assyrian warship 700-692 BC
From Nineveh, South-West Palace,
Room VII, panel 11"
See Phoenician-Assyrian Warship in World History Encyclopedia site.
English: This Phoenician warship was depicted by Assyrians in their palace of Niniveh. It is a bireme (dieris/Greek διήρης), with two levels of oars. Shields are fastened around the superstructure, as on the fortifications of some city walls. The pointed bow is either a ram, for holding enemy ships, or a form of cutwater. WA 124772 British Museum.
Español: Grabado de un barco de guerra fenicio, en torno a 700-692 a. C. Es un birreme (dieris) con dos filas de remeros. Representa la huida del rey Luli de Sidón en el ataque de Sargón II de Asiria a la ciudad. Originalmente, parte del palacio de Senaquerib, actualmente en el Museo Británico – Palacio Suroeste, Sala VII, panel 11
Français : Navire de guerre phénicien sur un fragment de bas-relief de Ninive (Assyrie), VIIe siècle av. J.-C., British Museum.
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Assyrian warship British Museum notice: "Assyrian warship 700-692 BC From Nineveh, South-West Palace, Room VII, panel 11 This ship was probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherih. It is a birene, with two rows of oars. Shields are fa