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The upper register shows Assyrian chariots in Phoenicia while the lower register shows the storming of the city of Khazazu. Shalmaneser III's military campaign in Phoenicia, c. 859 BCE. Detail, bronze band from the Balawat gates. Embossed...

Detail of a much larger gypsum wall relief showing the climax of a royal lion hunt. The lion is shown in his final death throes, blood pouring from his mouth. From the North Palace of Ashurbanipal II at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq...

Protective spirit (one of a pair) in the guise of a royal figure with cloak and mantle. It guarded the doorway into the Temple of Ninurta (chief god of the city of Nimrud and Assyrian god of war and farming) in Nimrud. The temple itself was...

An alabaster bas-relief of an Assyrian groom leading two horses forward, c. 710 BCE. Traces of the original paint can be seen on this relief. From the Royal Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. On...

Assyrian archers firing on the enemy during the siege of Lachish. Each archer was protected from enemy fire by a shield bearer. The pointy pattern in the background means that this scene is happening in the mountains. They represent the...

Assyrian soldiers wore copper alloy armor made in segments aligned like fish-scales. Hole allowed the scales to be laced together and a central ridge maintained their alignment. The armor only protected the back and chest, thus allowing free...

These bronze arrowheads were found at the city of Lachish. The city was besieged and then conquered by the Assyrian king Sennacherib in 701 BCE. (The British Museum, London).

This relief is one of 3 large slabs depicting Assyrian men, with their horses, hunting in what appears to be a pine forest. From the Royal Palace of Sargon II at Khorsabad, in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq. Circa 710 BCE. On display...

This stele depicts three horizontal registers. The upper register depicts a snake and some symbols. The middle register depicts two standing male figures on the left and a rampant winged human-headed sphinx before some symbols at the middle...

These two bells were found in northern Mesopotamia. Neo-Assyrian period, 911-609 BCE. From Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Sulaymaniyah Museum, Iraq)