Hunting gazelle.
Return from the lion hunt Nineveh, Iraq.
The royal lion hunt Assyrian.
The Royal lion hunt.
Lion hunt on horseback.
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.
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.
Battle scene 865-860 B.C.
Assyrian encampment, 865 - 850 B.C.
Nimrud : Details from Obelisk of Shalmaneser III.
Hunting.
The White Obelisk of Ashurnasirpal I
Attendant god.
Fishermen from Nineveh 700 - 693 B.C.
Assyrian Battle scene.
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.
Wall frieze depicting Campaign against the town of -alammu. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq..
ASSYRIA: ASHURBANIPAL
Contest with daggers.
The royal lion hunt.
An Assyrian cavalry.
Seal impression from Warka, near the ancient city of Uruk
ASSYRIAN GRIFFIN.
BABYLONIAN CLAY TABLET
ASSYRIA: CUNEIFORM.
GILGAMESH, 7th CENTURY B.C.
BABYLONIAN SPHINX.
The Gates of Shalmaneser III
The King is installed before the besieged city.
The Gates of Shalmaneser III. Ninth century B.C.
Assyrian reliefs depicting the military exploits of the rulers and the overthrow of their enemies.
ASSYRIAN PALACE.
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 Attack on the town of Alammu. Assyrian, about 700-692 BC From Nineveh, Iraq. .
Campaign in Southern Iraq 640 B.C.
ASSYRIAN TOY.
ASSYRIAN BULL.
The Balawat Gates.
Prisoners from the town of -alammu, 700 B.C.
MYTHOLOGY: PEGASUS.
Campaigning in southern Iraq.
Prisoners, guarded by Assyrian soldier.
Telloh, the Sumerian ruler of Lagash, Urnanshe with his son
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.
Head of winged genius from Assyria.
Susa; Winged Griffin.
The Central Palace of Nimrud.
Susa: The Palace of Artaxerxes II. Frieze depicting the royal Archaemenian archers.
MYTHOLOGY: OANNES (DAGON).
Reconstruction of the Balawat Gates
Balawat Gates from the ancient Assyrian Empire
ASSYRIAN QUEEN, 645 B.C.
ASSYRIAN STONE CARVING.
ARAMEAN WEIGHT, c1000 B.C.
ASSYRIAN UNICORN.
ASSYRIAN WARHORSE.
ASSYRIA: STONE CARVING.
TIAMAT.
CUNEIFORM.
Relief cast in a Bronze band from the, Assyrian, Balawat Gates.
ASSYRIA: HORSE BLINDER.
Deportation Assyrian.
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. .
The famous library of King Ashurbanipal.
ASSYRIAN BOOTY.
CUNEIFORM TABLET.
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.
England, London, British Museum, Assyrian Relief from Nimrud depicting Chariots dated 728 BC
The Assyrian winged god Nesroch.
The recognition of Esarhaddon as king in Ninevah, Upper Mesopotamia in 681 BC
Attack on an enemy town 865 - 860 B.C.
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
The death of lions and horses.
Assyrian bas relief panel, in limestone from a frieze showing the King's lion hunt
Fragment of a carved relief depicting a spearman from Nineveh, Iraq
Woodcut depicting a chase in the desert during the days of Nineveh's Power
DEATH OF ELEAZAR.
The evolving wheel: 1 Wheel of Ur; 2-3 First and second wheels of Mercurago; 4 Assyrian; 5 Egyptian
ASSYRIA: CHERUBIM.
Sargon of Akkad (2334 BC - 2279 BC)
ASSYRIAN CYLINDER SEAL