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Carved Ivory with an Egyptianizing Scene, Nimrud
This cylinder was fragmented into two or three main parts when it was found, although it was carved from one large tusk. The scene depicts an unidentified Egyptian pharaoh wearing the blue crown (khepresh; with a uraeus at the front) of Egypt...
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Statue of Oda Nobunaga
A modern statue of Oda Nobunaga who was the foremost military leader of Japan from 1568 to 1582 CE. Kiyosu park, Aichi, Japan. (Image cropped)
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Oda Nobunaga Portrait
A 16th century CE portrait of Oda Nobunaga who was the foremost military leader of Japan from 1568 to 1582 CE. Painted by Kano Soshu. (Toyota, Aichi, Japan)
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Detail of Aramaic Inscription, Hatra
This limestone slab was inscribed with an Aramaic inscription. The name of the city of "Hatra" as the center of the region "Araba" appears. From the 11th temple at Hatra, Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Parthian period, 1st to 3rd century CE. On...
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Jar of Xerxes I from Nimrud
This alabaster jar is inscribed with Elamite, Old Persian, and Neo-Babylonian cuneiforms. A cartouche of the Achaemenid king Xerxes I also appears. From Nimrud, in modern-day Ninawa Governorate, Iraq. Regin of Xerxes I, 486–465 BCE. On display...
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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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Clay Tablet of Adad-Nirari II from Assur
Cay tablet narrating the building works of the Assyrian king Adad-Nirari II (r. 911-891 BCE), from Ashur (Assur), modern-day Iraq.
The Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
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Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba
This stone tablet was found in a niche into the right-hand wall of the space leading to the burial chamber of Tomb II (one of the vaulted burial chambers of the so-called Queens' Tombs inside the North-West Palace at Nimrud). The cuneiform...
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Clay Tablet of Shalmaneser III from Ashur
This clay tablet narrates the building works of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (reigned 858-824 BCE). From Ashur (Assur), Iraq. (The Iraq Museum, Baghdad).
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Tablet of Adad-Nirari II
The cuneiform inscription on this clay tablet states that the neo-Assyrian king Adad-nirari II (reigned 911 - 891 BCE) has built a city and a palace. From northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The Iraq Museum, Baghdad).
