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Ivory Panel Showing a Lion Facing a Tree
This openwork, tenoned panel was fragmentary when found. It depicts 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. He wears a lappet wig and usekh collar...
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Fragment of an Ivory Cylinder from Fort Shalmaneser
This is a fragment of an ivory cylinder. The original decorative insets are lost. Neo-Assyrian Period, 8th century BCE. From Fort Shalmaneser at Nimrud, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. A loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA...
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Phoenician Bronze Bowl From Nimrud
This bowl was part of a hoard found by Sir Henry Layard in 1850-1851 CE in the North-West Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). They were probably deposited there in the 8th century BCE. The decoration on the bowls is Phoenician, very similar...
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Phoenician Bronze Bowl from Nimrud
Over 150 bronze bowls were found in a palace at the city of Nimrud. These bowls were made in Phoenicia (modern-day Lebanese and Syrian coasts), and were brought to Nimrud as tribute or booty by one of the kings who campaigned in the west...
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Hexagonal Prism of Esarhaddon from Nimrud
The cuneiform inscription on this hexagonal clay prism narrates the construction works of a palace at the city of Nimrud by the Neo-Assyrian king Esarhaddon (reigned 680 - 669 BCE). Neo-Assyrian Period, 7th century BCE. From Nimrud, in modern-day...
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Door Slab from the Central Palace, Nimrud
These cuneifrom inscriptions describe some of the military campaigns of the Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III (reigned 744-727 BCE) and were probably first placed in a doorway of the Central Palace built by this King at Nimrud. Assyrian...
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Relief of Ashurnasirpal II & Attendant, Nimrud
This gypsum wall panel came from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883 - 859 BCE) at Nimrud. The king greets an unidentified figure before him (now lost) who holds a long staff. Behind the king, an Assyrian eunuch (guard or attendant...
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Inscribed Wall Panel from Nimrud
This cuneiform inscription on this gypsum wall panel narrates the building process and construction of a palace by the neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II at the city of Nimrud. From the North-West Palace at Nimrud, in modern-day Ninawa Governorate...
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Wall Relief of Ashurnasirpal II from Nimrud
This gypsum wall panel came from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (883 - 859 BCE) at Nimrud. Ths so-called "Standard Inscription" of Ashurnasirpal II runs horizontally across the lower part. The king wears a diadem and holds a bucket...
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Statue of Nabu from Nimrud
This colossal limestone statue represents Nabu, god of wisdom and knowledge. It was found near one of the gates of the Nabu temple in the city of Nimrud (ancient Kalhu). He wears the typical horned head cap of Mesopotamian deities. 8th century...