page_title: Pergamon Museum
section_title: The Middle East Museum (Vorderasiatisches Museum)
hierarchical_section_title: Pergamon Museum / Exhibition / The Middle East Museum (Vorderasiatisches Museum)
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Stèle d'Assarhaddon victorieux - Pergamonmuseum, Berlin. English: en:Esarhaddon returned after defeating en:Taharqa at en:Memphis; Taharqa's son, the prince is shown in bondage on this stele. Shows the cuneiform story, (over-inscribed on the scene). The victory was from battle no. 2, 671 BC. Battle no. 1 was won by Taharqa in 674 BC.(see en:Victory stele of Esarhaddon over Taharqa-671 BC)
context_page_description: The Pergamonmuseum is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin and part of the UNESCO World Heritage. It was built from 1910 to 1930 by order of German Emperor William II according to plans by Alfred Messel and Ludwig Hoffmann in Stripped Classicism style. Currently, the Pergamonmuseum is home to the Antikensammlung including the famous Pergamon Altar, the Vorderasiatisches Museum and the Museum für Islamische Kunst. Parts of the building are closed for renovation until 2023.
context_section_description: The Middle East Museum exhibition displays objects found by German archeologists and others from the areas of Assyrian, Sumerian and Babylonian culture. Additionally there are historical buildings, reliefs and lesser cultural objects and jewelry.
  The main display is the Ishtar Gate and the Processional Way of Babylon together with the throne room facade of Nebuchadnezzar II.
  The Vorderasiatisches Museum also displays the Meissner fragment from the Epic of Gilgamesh.
caption: Victory stele of Esarhaddon
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