Assyria
Small block of ivory carved with a representation of a sacred tree....
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Portion of a tablet inscribed with the legend of the fight
between Marduk and Tiamat....
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Small ivory panel carved with figures of winged sphinxes in relief. There was an intimate connection between Egypt and Assyria during this time period. These ivory carvings are probably the work of phoenician artists....
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Fragment of a baked clay tablet inscribed with the
Babylonian account of the Deluge. Excavated at Nineveh....
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Assyrian scribes made lists of the ancient Babylonian characters, after which they added simpler Assyrian equivalents....
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Stele with inscription and figure, sculptured in relief, of Ashur-bani-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 668 to 626....
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Brick of Shalmaneser II., king of Assyria from B.C. 860 to
825....
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Colossal winged and human-headed bull and mythological
being, from a doorway in the palace of Sargon, king of
Assyria from B.c. 722 to 705, at Dur-Sharrukm
(Khorsabad)....
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Bas relief sculptured with a figure of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 885 to 860, carrying a bow and
arrows, and attended by a winged mythological being.
From the North-west palace at Nimrud (Calah)....
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Colossal lion, inscribed with the name and titles of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 885 to 860, from the Temple of Ninib at Calah (Nimrud)....
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