File:AssyrianWarship.jpg

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current06:25, 22 December 2016Thumbnail for version as of 06:25, 22 December 20161,197 × 874 (1.97 MB)127.0.0.1 (talk)This ship was by Sennacherib. 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 a ram, for holding enemy ships" WA 124772 British Museum
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