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Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Phoenician ivory head found at the Burnt Palace in Nimrud, 8th century BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Phoenician bronze of a man with animals for sacrifice, 8th century BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Gate, Northwest Palace, Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977.
 
Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
The Tower of Babel, 1563. Artist: Bruegel (Brueghel), Pieter, the Elder (ca 1525-1569)
 
Phoenician ivory panel from a piece of furniture. Artist: Unknown
 
Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Chariot and cavalryman, 8th cen. BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
An ivory plaque of Phoenician workmanship found in the Assyrian palace at Nimrud.
 
Bronze head of Pazuzu, probably from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Neo-Assyrian, about 800-550 BC. Artist: Unknown
 
King Ashurnasirpal II during a royal lion hunt, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
The Archers frieze from Darius I palace at Susa, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
King Ashurnasirpal II during a royal lion hunt, 7th cen. BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Babylon, 1906. Artist: Kupka, František (1871-1957)
 
Assyrian warriors, 8th century BC. Creator: Assyrian Art.
 
Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Procession of musicians on a steatite pyxis, 8th century BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Ivory head found in the palace of Nimrud.
 
Ivory inlay from Nimrud.
 
Glazed terracotta tile, Neo-Assyrian, from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), northern Iraq, c883-c859 BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Detail of a relief showing the stables at the camp of Ashurnasirpal II.
 
Fragment showing a warrior in ceremonial dress holding a lily.
 
Statue of King Ashurnasirpal II holding the symbols of sovereignty.
 
Winged protective spirit carrying a deer.
 
Two winged protective spirits before the sacred tree of life.
 
Carved slab from the southern wall of the throne room at Nimrud, depicting the camp of King Ashurnasirpal II.
 
Phoenician bronze bowl from Nimrud, Assyria, 8th century BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Relief from the central palace of Nimrud, Assyrian, c747-725 BC. Artist: Werner Forman
 
'The Palaces of Nimrud Restored', 1853. Artist: Unknown
 
Detail from the black obelisk of King Shalmaneser III, Assyrian, Nimrud, Iraq, c825 BC. Artist: Werner Forman
 
Two shepherdesses, Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977.
 
Stone bas-relief of a winged protective spirit carrying a deer, Assyrian, c875-860 BC. Artist: Werner Forman
 
Detail from the black obelisk of King Shalmaneser III, Assyrian, Nimrud, Iraq, c825 BC. Artist: Werner Forman
 
Frieze, Northwest Palace, Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977.
 
Fortress of Semiramis, 1719. Artist: Mallet, Alain Manesson (1630-1706)
 
View from the Ziggurat at Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977.
 
Great Ziggurat, Calah (Nimrud), Iraq, 1977.
 
Fragment of a Pheonician style ivory of a bearded head, Assyria, Iraq, probably 8th century BC. Artist: Werner Forman
 
Ivory fragment depicting a warrior, Phoenician, Iraq, last third of 8th century BC. Artist: Werner Forman
 
The king, Ashurnasirpal is seated between two attendants.
 
King Ashurnasirpal II during a royal lion hunt, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Hero Gilgamesh mastering a lion, 722-705 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Detail of a lion-hunt on the inside of a bronze bowl, 8th century BC. Artist: Unknown
 
Semiramis Building Babylon, 1861. Artist: Degas, Edgar (1834-1917)
 
Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
 
Tower of Babel, 1719. Artist: Mallet, Alain Manesson (1630-1706)
 
The Confusion of Tongues, 1897. Artist: Doré, Gustave (1832-1883)