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A winged human-headed sphinx wears the double crown of Egypt. An apron hangs down on the chest with a projecting uraeus (rearing cobra) similar to those worn by Egyptian pharaohs. A striking Phoenician style. Excavated by Sir Max Mallowan...

Stela of Queen Sammu-Ramat from Assur (Ashur), northern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, c. 809 BCE. The cuneiform inscriptions on the upper part of the stela say that Sammu-ramat (or Shammuramat) is the wife (and palace...

Bel-harran-beli-usur was a high palace official (chamberlain) during the reign of the Assyrian kings Shalmaneser IV (782-773 BC) and Tigleth-Pileser III (744-727 BC). He built a city and a large temple to the west of Nineveh. The stele features...

This ivory plaque shows a carving of a stylized palm tree. There are tenons at the top and bottom of the plaque. The overall depiction is very similar to a fragment found in Samaria (also housed in the Museum). Excavated by Sir Max Mallowan...

Ivory panel with an Egyptian religious scene. On a sacred barge with papyrus prows, a crowned sun disc (with two cobras) rides and appears to arise from the horizon. It is flanked by two Ba birds. On the disc, there is the so-called triple...

A fragment of a circular stone vessel which was dedicated to the temple of God Nergal by a high official. The carved scenes in low relief depict the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III on his knees before a central object (lost), probably a sacred...

Bel-harran-beli-usur was a high palace official (chamberlain) during the reign of the Assyrian kings Shalmaneser IV (782-773 BC) and Tigleth-Pileser III (744-727 BC). He built a city and a large temple to the west of Nineveh. The stele features...

This is one of the finest examples of the so-called "cow-and-calf" motif and is the only known to date to have been carved in the distinctive style of the "Ornate Group". On the right, a cow stands and turns her head toward her suckling calf...

Detail of the bronze casing of the Balawat gate. From Balawat (Imgur-Enlil), northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE. (The British Museum, London)

Fragmentary openwork, tenoned panel depicting a lion seated to the left and facing the stylized tree. The lion is crowned with the sun disc and displays pointed dog-like ears. It wears a lappet wig and usekh collar (represented frontally...