Images & Art

Colossal Winged Bull and Deity at Sargon's Palace

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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Winged Being Attending Ashurnasirpal

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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Ashurnasirpal and Winged Beings Worshipping Ashur

Bas-relief sculptured with two figures of Ashur-nasir-pal, king of Assyria from B.C. 885 to 860, attended by winged mythological beings, and worshipping Ashur, the national god of Assyria, who appears within a winged circle above the sacred tree...

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Drawing of the Palace Mound at Nimrud

Map of Ashurnasirpal's palace at Nimrud, revealing the palace, buildings, tombs, vaulted chambers and the Temple of Nanib or Adar. The walls encompassed an area that was 7000 feet long by 5500 feet wide....

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Assyrian Egyptian Personages Carved Ivory Panel

Small inlaid ivory panel carved with representations of two Egyptian personages seated upon thrones before a cartouche. There was a definite connection between Egypt and Assyria during this time period....

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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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Map of Excavations in Babylonia and Assyria

This map illustrates excavations in ancient Babylonia and Assyria....

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Remains of the Temple of Nabu (Tower of Babel)

View of Birs Nimrud (Borsippa), showing the remains of the great temple of Nabu, the traditional site of the Tower of Babel...

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