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Relief from palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 745-612 BC

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Relief from palace of Ashurnasirpal II. Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 745-612 BC

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Relief depicting a captive. Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 883-859 BC

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Relief depicting a captive. Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 883-859 BC

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Ivory plaque of a sphinx. Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 9th–8th century BC

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Ivory plaque of a sphinx. Nimrud, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 9th–8th century BC

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Bas-Relief of the Lion Hunt from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Neo-Assyrian empire, ca. 883–859 BCE. They show the ritual "hunt" in an arena where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to kill with arrows...

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Bas-Relief of the Lion Hunt from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud, Neo-Assyrian empire, ca. 883–859 BCE. They show the ritual "hunt" in an arena where captured Asian lions were released from cages for the king to kill with arrows...

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Winged genie fertilizing a date tree, from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud. Assyrian, 884-860 BC. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Winged genie fertilizing a date tree, from the Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud. Assyrian, 884-860 BC. Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri.

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Limestone lion head. Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 882 BC

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Limestone lion head. Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 882 BC

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Assyrian Gypsum Wall-panel Relief showing a Colossal Lion Statue , which once guarded the entrance to the Temple of Ishtar from Nimrud . The cuneiform inscriptions on the statue mentions the name of King Ashurnasirpal II as the temple's builder.

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Assyrian Gypsum Wall-panel Relief showing a Colossal Lion Statue , which once guarded the entrance to the Temple of Ishtar from Nimrud . The cuneiform inscriptions on the statue mentions the name of King Ashurnasirpal II as the temple's builder.

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A man's head depicted on a wall panel. Khorsabad, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 710-705 BC

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A man's head depicted on a wall panel. Khorsabad, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 710-705 BC

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Inscription boasting of King Sennacherib's victory over King Hezekiah of Judah. Nineveh, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 691 BC

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Inscription boasting of King Sennacherib's victory over King Hezekiah of Judah. Nineveh, Iraq, Neo-Assyrian Empire, 691 BC

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Gilgamesh as Master of Animals, grasping a lion in his left arm and snake in his right hand, in an Assyrian palace relief , from Dur-Sharrukin, now held in the Louvre.

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Gilgamesh as Master of Animals, grasping a lion in his left arm and snake in his right hand, in an Assyrian palace relief , from Dur-Sharrukin, now held in the Louvre.

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