A winged bull for Sennacherib's palace 704 - 681 B.C.
Relief of winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
Winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
The Royal lion hunt.
ASSYRIAN BULL.
Hunting gazelle.
Servants carrying dead lion.
Wall frieze depicting servants carrying dead lion. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh. Iraq.
Return from the lion hunt Nineveh, Iraq.
The royal lion hunt Assyrian.
Royal lion hunt.
Lion hunt on horseback.
Ashurbanipal rescues foreign princes from a lion.
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
ASSYRIA: WINGED BULL.
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
Hunting.
Fishermen from Nineveh 700 - 693 B.C.
Battle scene 865-860 B.C.
Assyrian encampment, 865 - 850 B.C.
Sennacherib’s bodyguard.
Warship (probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib).
An Assyrian cavalry.
ASSYRIAN UNICORN.
Reconstruction of the Balawat Gates
Balawat Gates from the ancient Assyrian Empire
Mesopotamia: Palace of Mari. Part of a sacrificial scene, restored by Paul Francois, architect to the expedition of M Andre Parrot, from thousands of tiny fragments.
ASSYRIA: BULL SCULTPURE.
ASSYRIAN PALACE.
Contest with daggers.
The royal lion hunt.
The White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I
Attendant god.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners pulling a wheeled cart loaded with logs. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners raising a huge log to build a structure. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC ..
Campaigning in southern Iraq.
Prisoners, guarded by Assyrian soldier.
Wall frieze depicting Fisherman. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq. .
Wall frieze depicting Campaign against the town of -alammu. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq..
Wall frieze depicting Attack on the town of Alammu. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq. .
Campaign in Southern Iraq 640 B.C.
ASSYRIAN GRIFFIN.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
ASSYRIA: CUNEIFORM.
GILGAMESH, 7th CENTURY B.C.
BABYLONIAN SPHINX.
Prisoners from the town of -alammu, 700 B.C.
Engraving depicting Sir Austen Henry Layard's excavators lowering one of the Great Winged Bulls found in Nineveh
ASSYRIAN TOY.
Seal impression from Warka, near the ancient city of Uruk
Susa; Winged Griffin.
ASSYRIAN QUEEN, 645 B.C.
ASSYRIAN STONE CARVING.
Head of winged genius from Assyria.
ASSYRIA: STONE CARVING.
BABYLON: ENAMEL BRICK BULL.
The recognition of Esarhaddon as king in Ninevah, Upper Mesopotamia in 681 BC
IRAQ: LYRE W/ BULL'S HEAD.
ASSYRIA: HORSE BLINDER.
Stone figure of a bull, late fourth millennium B.C.
England, London, British Museum, Assyrian Relief from Nimrud depicting Chariots dated 728 BC
ASSYRIA: STONE FIGURES.
IRAQ: BEDOUIN HOME, c1932.
The death of lions and horses.
MYTHOLOGY: PEGASUS.
The Balawat Gates.
Wall frieze depicting a king or noble on horseback defeating an enemy. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC .
The famous library of King Ashurbanipal.
ASSYRIAN BOOTY.
CUNEIFORM TABLET.
Telloh, the Sumerian ruler of Lagash, Urnanshe with his son
The Gates of Shalmaneser III
The King is installed before the besieged city.
The Gates of Shalmaneser III. Ninth century B.C.
Prisoners of War, bound together in pairs.
Bas relief from Nimrud: Bearers of tribute in the form of apes from distant lands, as an offering to the Assyrian ruler.
Assyrian reliefs depicting the military exploits of the rulers and the overthrow of their enemies.
The Central Palace of Nimrud.
Susa: The Palace of Artaxerxes II. Frieze depicting the royal Archaemenian archers.
MYTHOLOGY: OANNES (DAGON).
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE 600 B.C.
IRAQ: LYRE.
IRAQ: LYRE
IRAQ: LYRE, c2500 B.C.
Vase with animal and human figures. Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC; Iraq; Assyrian
Wall frieze depicting archers in battle. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC From Nimrud, Iraq..
Assyrian battle scene 728 B.C.
Panel showing Tiglath-pileser III's campaign in southern Iraq 728 B.C.
City under siege 728 B.C.
The evolving wheel: 1 Wheel of Ur; 2-3 First and second wheels of Mercurago; 4 Assyrian; 5 Egyptian
TIAMAT.
CUNEIFORM.
ASSYRIAN WARHORSE.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners carrying buckets of stones to build a wall.
Tiglath-pileser III's army attacking a town 728 B.C.
AKKADIAN CYLINDER SEAL.
ASSYRIAN CARAVAN.
ASSYRIA: SENNACHERIB.
BABYLON: ISHTAR GATE.
ASSYRIAN FEAST, c645 B.C.
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Prisoners captured after the attack on Lachish.
ASSYRIA: LION SCULPTURE.
The Assyrian winged god Nesroch.
Assyrian Battle scene.
Bronze gate ornament from the Reign of the Assyrian King, Ashurnasirpal II.
Assyrian wall plaques
Limestone box with foundation tablets from Balawat
England, London, British Museum, Assyrian Relief from Nimrud depicting a Court Scene dated 865 BC
SUMERIAN STATUETTE.
SUMERIAN SEAL.
ARAMEAN WEIGHT, c1000 B.C.
Assyrian bas relief panel, in limestone from a frieze showing the King's lion hunt
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
Deportation Assyrian.