Images & Art

Stele of Ashurnasirpal

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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Statue of Ashurnasirpal

Statue of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 885 to 860. The statue stands upon its original limestone pedestal. The inscription of 8 lines on the breast records the names, titles, and genealogy. This is the only extant perfect Assyrian royal statue in the round. From the small Temple of Adar....

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Babylonian Account of the Flood Clay Tablet

Fragment of a baked clay tablet inscribed with the Babylonian account of the Deluge. Excavated at Nineveh....

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Deciphered Cuneiform with Name Nebuchadnezzar

This translated Cuneiform contains the name and titles of Nebuchadnezzar II, the king of Babylon who took the hebrews out of their land into captivity....

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The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser II

The "Black Obelisk," inscribed with an account of the campaigns of Shalmaneser II., king of Assyria from B.C. 860 to 825. The sculptured scenes illustrate the text, and among the vanquished princes is " Jehu, the son of Omri"...

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Babylonian Account of the Flood Clay Tablet

Fragment of a baked clay tablet inscribed with the Babylonian account of the Deluge. Excavated at Nineveh....

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Bronze Doorstep of Nebuchadnezzar II

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

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Mound of Babylon

View of Babil, one of the principal mounds which mark the site of Babylon and contain the ruins of the palaces of the kings of the last Babylonian Empire....

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Foreigners Bringing Gifts (Apes) to King Ashurnasirpal

Bas-relief from a wall of the palace of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 885 to 860, at Calah (Nimrud), sculptured with figures of foreigners bringing apes as a present to the king....

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Plan of Nineveh

This plan shows Nineveh on the Tigris River, the palaces of sennacherib and Ashurbanipal, and their relationship to Mosul....

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