| Not to believe in Assur was a crime, since Assur represented Assyria. |
| Of particular interest because its topic has been so little discussed elsewhere is Stefan Hauser's contribution on Assur under the Arsacids. |
| The last chapter offers an analysis of a single canonical work of art of the thirteenth century BCE, the altar of Tukulti Ninurta I found at Assur. |
| Mirco Palazzi made an insidiously attractive Assur, and Gianluca Buratto was outstanding as Oroe, the implacable priest, whose secret machinations provoke the dramatic crisis. |
| Long before the drama opens, Semiramide conspired with her former lover Assur to poison her husband, King Nino, and seize his throne. |
| The tablet commemorates the restoration of the temple of the goddess Ishtar in the capital city Assur. |
