EditorialHorse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 6.38 x 2.6 in. (16.21 x 6.6 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, Over two hundred ivory and gyps...
EditorialClay envelope for a letter, early Colony Period, around 1850 BCE. The sender's seal shows figures approaching a seated king. These envelopes were sometimes inscribed with a summary of the contents and sealed by witnesses, using the traditional Mesopota...
EditorialCaptives and idols carried away by the Assyrians. (Kouyunjik) [Quyunjik]. A second series of the Monuments of Nineveh ... from drawings made on the spot, during a second expedition to Assyria. London, 1853. Source: Cup.648.c.2 plate 30.
EditorialPharaoh Neco (609-594). Josiah, King of Judah (639-609) was killed in the battle of Megiddo, while trying to block Pharaoh Neco from coming to the aid of the Assyrians. Small bronze head with traces of gold; from Megiddo, Israel. H: 2,7 cm Inv. H-59.