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Oppenheim_98025-fin_SYRHER

During the excavation of Tall Halaf by Max von Oppenheim in 1912: discovery of two overturned sculptures that once guarded the Scorpion Gate (10th/9th c. BC), © Max Freiherr von Oppenheim Foundation, Cologne

During the excavation on Tall Halaf: Finding of the two scorpion bird men (10th/9th c. BC)

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