Images

Search Images

Browse Content (p. 882)

Stone Tablet of Queen Yaba
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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...
Clay Tablet of Shalmaneser III from Ashur
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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).
Tablet of Adad-Nirari II
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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).
Wall Relief of Ashurnasirpal II from Nimrud
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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...
Relief of Ashurnasirpal II & Attendant, Nimrud
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

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...
Statue of a Woman from Ashur
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Statue of a Woman from Ashur

This smaller than life limestone statue depicts an Assyrian woman. She clasps her hands in a prayer gesture. The name of the woman is unidentified. From Ashur (Assur), in modern-day Saladin Governorate, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period, 911-612...
Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace
Image by Cindy Meijer

Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace

Artist’s impression of the Nike of Samothrace with head, arms, feet, and right wing restored.
Relief of a Neo-Assyrian Queen
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Relief of a Neo-Assyrian Queen

Limestone stele fragment depicting a woman looking to the left and wearing a headdress of the royal women. From Kli'eh, near Haditha Dam, Al-Anbar Governorate, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, 911-612 BCE. The Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
Goddess Al-Lat and an Elderly God from Hatra
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Goddess Al-Lat and an Elderly God from Hatra

This limestone slab carved in relief shows two deities. On the right, the goddess Al-Lat is depicted, she wears a military dress and helmet and holds a spear in her right hand and a shield in her left arm. Her appearance is similar to Athena...
God and Goat from Hatra
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

God and Goat from Hatra

Marble slab carved in raised relief, originally set into a base of an object with Aramaic inscription. It shows a winged and bearded male deity holding a dagger in his right hand and is about to slaughter a goat; he holds the right horn of...
Membership