Glazed Wall Panel from Fort Shalmaneser (Illustration)

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by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
published on 21 March 2019

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Glazed Wall Panel from Fort Shalmaneser — Detail of a large wall panel of vibrant glazed bricks once placed above the entrance to a vast room (T3) next to Shalmaneser III's throne room. The whole panel is composed of about 300 bricks and is 4 meters in length; this detail at the center depicts two rampant bulls around a sacred tree. Fort Shalmaneser in Nimrud, modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq, reign of Shalmaneser III, 858-824 BCE.

The Iraq Museum, Baghdad.

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2019, March 21). Glazed Wall Panel from Fort Shalmaneser. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10281/glazed-wall-panel-from-fort-shalmaneser/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Glazed Wall Panel from Fort Shalmaneser." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 21 Mar 2019. Web. 03 Dec 2024.