EditorialWarriors carrying heads of enemies and throwing them on a heap. Battle of Til Tuba. Ashurbanipal and the Assyrians fight Teumman, King of Elam, on the Ulai river in 635 BCE. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .
EditorialWall panel. South West Palace, Nimrud, (730-727 BC), Iraq. Campaigns of king Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727 BC). Gypsum wall panel relief. Detail depicting the charioteers of king Tiglath-pileser III. The capture of Astartu. Assyrians. British Museum. Lo...
EditorialAssyrians. Upper Mesopotamia. Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq. 7th century BC. Archers of the Royal Guard. Access ramp A. Bas-relief, alabaster. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.
EditorialAssyrians. Upper Mesopotamia. Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq. 7th century BC. War chariot and riders of the Assyrian army. Alabaster. Louvre Museum. Paris, France.
EditorialWall panel. South West Palace, Nimrud, (730-727 BC), Iraq. Campaigns of king Tiglath-Pileser III (745-727 BC). Gypsum wall panel relief. Detail depicting the charioteers of king Tiglath-pileser III. The capture of Astartu. Assyrians. British Museum. Lo...
EditorialUnknown Artist, Assyrian Relief: Two Winged, Eagle-Headed Spirits from Kalhu (Nimrud), Iraq, Northwest Palace, Room H, panel 30, ca. 875 - 60 B.C.E., gypsum (Mosul alabaster), 56 3/16 in. x 84 1/4 in. x 6 1/4 in. (142.7 cm. x 214 cm. x 15.8 cm.), These...
EditorialWestern fortification wall the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom Israel, destroyed during the siege of the city by the Assyrians (723 BCE) .
EditorialAssyrians. Upper Mesopotamia. Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, Iraq. 7th century BC. Archers of the Royal Guard. Access ramp A. Bas-relief, alabaster. Louvre Museum. Paris. France.
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.
EditorialHorse blinker carved in relief with a wedjat eye, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 3.23 x 2.2 x 0.31 in. (8.2 x 5.59 x 0.79 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, This fragmentary, spade-shaped piece is car...
EditorialCloisonn? furniture or cosmetic box plaque with three frontal heads, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th?7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 1.02 x 2.52 x 0.51 in. (2.59 x 6.4 x 1.3 cm), Ivory/Bone-Vessels, Three frontal heads are...
EditorialHead of a male or female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, Egyptian Blue, H. 3 7/16 x W. 3 9/16 x D. 2 1/8 in. (8.7 x 9 x 5.4 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, This piece is carved in the rou...
EditorialOpenwork plaque with a hybrid tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 3 7/8 x 2 1/8 x 3/4 in. (9.9 x 5.5 x 1.8 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, Two sets of four curving, voluted branches grow upwards ...
EditorialFurniture element carved in the round with the head of a roaring lion, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th?8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 3 3/4 x W. 3 x D. 2 3/4in. (9.5 x 7.6 x 6.9cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, This fragmenta...
EditorialWestern fortification wall the palace of King Ahab in Samaria, capital of the northern kingdom Israel, destroyed during the siege of the city by the Assyrians (723 BCE) .
EditorialWarriors carrying heads of enemies and throwing them on a heap. Battle of Til Tuba. Ashurbanipal and the Assyrians fight Teumman, King of Elam, on the Ulai river in 635 BCE. Stone bas-relief (7th BCE) from the palace in Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq) .