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Assyrian “winged genie” with elaborate bracelets. Alabaster relief sculpture from Room H of the Nor
A pair of Assyrian winged deities, carved in gypsum. Artist unknown; reign of Ashurbanipal II (883-
Flood Tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (Nineveh, 600s BC).Gilgamesh w
Ancient Assyrian ivory box panel depicting a griffin and sacred tree. Artist unknown; ca. 800 BCE.
Ancient Assyrian Kings on their ConquestsNote: These accounts are not propaganda pieces concocted by
Ivory furniture plaque from Assyria, carved with a falcon-headed figure in relief. Artist unknown;
An Assyrian soldier conducts captives in a boat. Gypsum alabaster relief, artist unknown; ca. 668-6
Stone carving of Assyrian King Ashurbanipal hunting lions, 6th century B.C.
A hero subdues a lion. Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon I
Assyrian lamassu from the Throne Room (Room B) of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (present-day Iraq)
ancientpeoples:Stone relief of a slinger from the palace of King KaparaMid 10th Century BCNorth East
Jewish people are deported after the siege of Lachish in 701 BCE. The Assyrian Empire, which conquer
Richard Miles ArchaeologistONE DAY, ONE IMAGENeo-Assyrian art: sculptures, stelae and reliefs (11th
Letter from the High Priest Lu'enna to the King of Lagash (Girsu, c.2400 BC).In this letter, the hig
This is the man considered to be the founder of the Assyrian Empire. His name (which I still can&rsq
Ancient Assyrian ivory furniture plaque depicting a cow suckling a calf. Artist unknown; 9th/8th ce
archaicwonder:Urartian Bronze Helmet, 850-700 BCUrartu was the Assyrian Empire’s northern rival duri
Lion hunt of King Ashurbanipal, 6th century BC.
Flood tablet of the Epic of Gilgamesh (Nineveh, 800s BC).The cuneiform text on this tablet is an ear
Richard Miles ArchaeologistONE DAY, ONE IMAGEThe Lachish relief - detail. Assyrian stone panels, nar
Room 55 at the British Museum, showing tablets from the Library ofAshurbanipal. This display i
The twelve tablets of the Epic of Gilgamesh from the Library ofAshurbanipal (600s BC), held in the B
Sumerianstone sculpture with Gilgamesh wrestling two bulls; two lions alsoappear. Found in the
3D scans of the Nebi Yunus tunnels in the exhibition “Nineveh - Heart of an Ancient Empire&rdq
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