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Assyrian War Relief Panel, Nimrud
Alabaster bas-relief showing Assyrian soldiers playing catch with decapitated heads of their enemies. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 6 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Musuem...
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Assyrian Army Assaulting a City
Alabaster bas-relief showing a massive and progressive Assyrian assault on a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Assyrian Archers Attacking a City
Alabaster bas-relief depicting Assyrian archers attacking a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Assyrian Soldiers Slaughtering their Enemies
Alabaster bas-relief showing defeated soldiers being seized and killed by Assyrian soldiers. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 9 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (Th British Musuem, London)
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Assyrian Soldiers with Iron Crowbars
Alabaster bas-relief depicting Assyrian soldiers using iron crowbars. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 4 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Assyrian Enemies Trying to Escape
Alabaster bas-relief showing two defeated soldiers trying to escape form the Assyrian army. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 9 (top), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Assyrian Soldiers Attacking a City
Alabaster bas-relief depicting an overwhelming Assyrian attack on a city. Neo-Assyrian Period, 865-860 BCE. Detail of Panel 5 (bottom), Room B, the North-Palace Palace, Nimrud, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London)
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Assyrian Military Campaign in Southern Mesopotamia
The Assyrian king in a chariot watches as prisoners are brought in and heads and booty are piled-up in a palm grove. Neo-Assyrian era, 640-620 BCE, Mesopotamia, Iraq. From Nineveh, south-west palace, court XIX, panels 10-12. (The British...
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Assyrian Ceremonial Bucket (Banduddu)
This is a close-up image of an Assyrian bucket (banduddu) held by a protective spirit (Apkallu). During certain ceremonies, this bucket was filled with a fluid and the Apkallu dips a pine cone (mullilu) into it; the Apkallu then sprinkles...
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Assyrian Soldiers with Nubian Prisoners
This is a detail of a large gypsum wall panel. The panel depicts the Assyrian attack on a fortress at the Egyptian city of Memphis in 667 BCE. Here the Nubian soldiers of King Taharqa (of the 25th Dynasty) are being led, as prisoners, by...
