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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...
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Assyrian Protective Spirit, Nimrud
Alabaster bas-relief, depicting a standing human-headed genie or sage, from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, 9th century BCE. Apkallu, a protective...
![Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [7]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7087.jpg?v=1599474605)
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [7]
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
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Side View, Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah...
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Detail, Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
![Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [13]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7090.jpg?v=1618722902)
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [13]
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
![Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [8]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7091.jpg?v=1618722903)
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [8]
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
![Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [10]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7092.jpg?v=1771874945)
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [10]
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
![Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [5]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7093.jpg?v=1771874951)
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [5]
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
![Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [12]](https://www.worldhistory.org/img/c/p/360x202/7095.jpg?v=1771874958)
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Illegally Excavated Mesopotamian Clay Tablet [12]
This clay tablet was illegally excavated. The precise provenance of the excavation is unknown, but probably from Southern Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. It is currently housed in the Sulaymaniyah Museum...
