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Ashurnasirpal II Hunting Lions
This gypsum wall relief depicts a typical Assyrian lion-hunting scene. King Ashurnasirpal II stands in his royal chariot and shoots at a leaping wounded lion. Two royal attendants, behind the wounded lion, holding...
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Apkallu from the Temple of Ninurta
This gypsum wall relief depicts an eagle-headed and winged man; this is a protective spirit or Apkallu. He holds a bucket and a cone, and wears an elaborate dress and accessories as well as sandals. Neo-Assyrian...
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Kurkh Stela of Shalmaneser III
This is a close-up view of the upper part of the stela, depicting Shalmaneser III praying in front of divine symbols (Ashur, Ishtar, Anu, and Sin). The cuneiform inscription is a text of a version of the King's annals...
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Prisoners from the Town of -alammu
The Assyrian army of Sennacherib captured the city of -alammu. This gypsum wall relief depicts Assyrian soldiers carrying the beheaded heads of their defeated enemy. Prisoners are being reviewed by Sennacherib (who...
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The City of -alammu
This relief is part of a larger sequence showing the Assyrian military campaign and attack on the city of -alammu. The city gate, wall, and towers are shown here; the towers are occupied by soldiers trying to defend their city...
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Assyrian Slingers Attacking the City of -alammu
Assyrian relief depicting a siege, from Room XIV, the South-West Palace at Nineveh, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. The attack starts with slingers...
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Phoenician-Assyrian Warship
This gypsum wall relief depicts a warship. This ship was built and manned by Phoenicians employed by Sennacherib. It is a bireme, with two rows of oars. Shields are fastened around the superstructure, as on the fortifications...
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Assyrian Soldiers Attacking the City of -alammu
This gypsum wall relief depicts part of the Assyrian attacking wave on the city of -alammu. Archers shoot at the town. Spearmen (left) work their way towards the walls. The name of the city was inscribed...
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A Royal Assyrian Letter
This clay tablet is a letter from Shamash-shum-ukin, the Assyrian crown prince of Babylon, to his father Esarhaddon, the king of Assyria. It concerns treasonable activities in Babylonia. Circa 670 BCE. From Nineveh, Mesopotamia...
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Assyrian Fisherman
This alabaster bas-relief depicts a man fishing in a mountain pool or pond. Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sennacherib, 700-692 BCE. From Room XLIV (LL) of the South-West Palace at Nineveh (Kouyunjik), Mesopotamia, modern-day...
