Images & Art

Winged Being Carrying an Ibex

Bas-relief from the palace of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria from B.c. 885 to 860, at Calah (Nimrud), sculptured with a figure of a winged mythological being carrying an ibex....

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Ashurbanipal Making Libation Over Dead Lions

Ashur-bani-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 668 to 626, pouring out a libation over dead lions....

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Inscribed Brick of Eannatum King of Lagash

Inscribed brick or memorial tablet of Eannatum, king of Lagash, recording the sinking of a well in the forecourt of Ningirsu's temple at Lagash....

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Nebuchadnezzar II Brick

Brick inscribed with the name and titles of Nebuchadnezzar II., king of Babylon from B.C. 604 to 561...

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Sacred Tree Ivory Carving

Small block of ivory carved with a representation of a sacred tree....

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Bronze Band Showing Shalmaneser and Chariots

Portion of one of the bronze bands from the gates of Shalmaneser II., king of Assyria from B.c. 860 to 825, representing the army on the march. On the right of the upper register is a figure of the king; in the lower register is a representation of chariots crossing a river by a bridge of boats....

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Brick of Gudea Governor of Lagash

Brick of Gudea, governor of Lagash about B.C. 2500....

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Ivory Panel Carving of Egyptian Woman in Window

Ivory panel carved to represent a window at which is the face of an Egyptian woman. 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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Babylonian Account of the Creation

Fragments of baked clay tablets inscribed with the Babylonian account of the Creation. Excavated at Nineveh....

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Nebuchadnezzar I Stele

Stele engraved with a charter of Nebuchadnezzar I., king of Babylonia about BC. 1120...

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