Hunting gazelle.
Return from the lion hunt Nineveh, Iraq.
The royal lion hunt Assyrian.
The Royal lion hunt.
Relief of winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
Winged bull for Sennacherib 704 - 681 B.C.
A winged bull for Sennacherib's palace 704 - 681 B.C.
Lion hunt on horseback.
Ashurbanipal rescues foreign princes from a lion.
Servants carrying dead lion.
Royal lion hunt.
Wall frieze depicting servants carrying dead lion. Assyrian, about 645-635 BC From Nineveh. Iraq.
Hunting.
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
Battle scene 865-860 B.C.
Assyrian encampment, 865 - 850 B.C.
Fishermen from Nineveh 700 - 693 B.C.
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.
The royal lion hunt.
The White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I
Attendant god.
ASSYRIAN GRIFFIN.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
GILGAMESH, 7th CENTURY B.C.
BABYLONIAN SPHINX.
Contest with daggers.
An Assyrian cavalry.
Assyrian Battle scene.
ASSYRIA: CUNEIFORM.
Sennacherib’s bodyguard.
Warship (probably built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib).
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.
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
The Balawat Gates.
Seal impression from Warka, near the ancient city of Uruk
ASSYRIAN PALACE.
MYTHOLOGY: PEGASUS.
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.
Head of winged genius from Assyria.
Susa; Winged Griffin.
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.
Prisoners from the town of -alammu, 700 B.C.
Campaigning in southern Iraq.
Prisoners, guarded by Assyrian soldier.
Bas relief from Nimrud: Bearers of tribute in the form of apes from distant lands, as an offering to the Assyrian ruler.
MYTHOLOGY: OANNES (DAGON).
ASSYRIAN TOY.
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.
ASSYRIAN BULL.
ASSYRIAN QUEEN, 645 B.C.
ASSYRIAN STONE CARVING.
Assyrian wall plaques
Limestone box with foundation tablets from Balawat
Sargon of Akkad (2334 BC - 2279 BC)
TIAMAT.
CUNEIFORM.
The evolving wheel: 1 Wheel of Ur; 2-3 First and second wheels of Mercurago; 4 Assyrian; 5 Egyptian
Assyrian bas relief panel, in limestone from a frieze showing the King's lion hunt
ARAMEAN WEIGHT, c1000 B.C.
ASSYRIAN UNICORN.
ASSYRIAN WARHORSE.
ASSYRIA: STONE CARVING.
The famous library of King Ashurbanipal.
CUNEIFORM TABLET.
ASSYRIAN OBELISK.
ISRAELITE TRIBUTE.
Bronze gate ornament from the Reign of the Assyrian King, Ashurnasirpal II.
England, London, British Museum, Assyrian Relief from Nimrud depicting a Court Scene dated 865 BC
The death of lions and horses.
Miniature stand and spouted jar and stem from a stand or dish.
Illustration recreating Nineveh at the height of its' power
DEATH OF ELEAZAR.
ASSYRIA: HORSE BLINDER.
Vase with animal and human figures. Early Dynastic period, 2650-2550 BC; Iraq; Assyrian
ASSYRIAN BOOTY.
Reconstruction of the Balawat Gates
Balawat Gates from the ancient Assyrian Empire
England, London, British Museum, Assyrian Relief from Nimrud depicting Chariots dated 728 BC
The Assyrian winged god Nesroch.
ASSYRIAN SCRIBES
ASSYRIAN GENIUS.
ISRAELITE SUBMISSION.
IRAQ: NIMRUD, c1932.
The recognition of Esarhaddon as king in Ninevah, Upper Mesopotamia in 681 BC
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
Deportation Assyrian.
Wall frieze depicting prisoners carrying buckets of stones to build a wall.
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 ..
Wall frieze depicting a triumphal march. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC From Nimrud, Iraq..
Wall frieze depicting a triumphal march. Assyrian, about 865-860 BC From Nimrud, Iraq. .
Court scene 865-860 BC.
Assyrian symbolic scene, 865 - 860 B.C.
An attendant god.
SUMERIAN SEAL.
Tiglath-pileser III's army attacking a town 728 B.C.
ASSYRIA: CHERUBIM.
Woodcut depicting a royal sport during the days of Nineveh's Power
Fragment of a carved relief depicting the boot of a soldier from Nineveh, Iraq
Fragment of a carved relief depicting a spearman from Nineveh, Iraq
Prisoners captured after the attack on Lachish.
Relief cast in a Bronze band from the, Assyrian, Balawat Gates.