Assyria Collection (#18)

The War frieze from the Standard of Ur. Sumerian artefact excavated from the Royal Cemetery in Ur (located in modern-day Iraq)

Sargon of Akkad (2334 BC - 2279 BC), also known as Sargon the Great or Sargon I, Mesopotamian king. Bust of an Akkadian ruler, probably Sargon, Nineveh, ca. 23rd - 22nd century BC

Assyrian Terracotta mask of Humbaba
Terracotta mask of Humbaba the Assyrian guardian of the Cedar Forest 2nd millennium BCE

Figurine of Huwawa C016 / 4486
Figurine of Huwawa, also known as Humbaba. Huwawa was the guardian of the Cedar Forest. He featured in the Epic of Gilgamesh, in which Gilgamesh killed Huwawa

Dogs of the chase, 500BC. Marble slabs found in the ruins of Nineveh, depicting hunting dogs of Assur-bani-pal, the grand monarque of Assyria, on leashes with their handlers Date: 500BC

Arabic science timeline. The Golden Age of Arabic Science occurred in the period from the 8th century to the 12th century

Assyrian archers, 7th century BC carving. Neo-Assyrian bas relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, showing Assyrian archers in battle, protected by a reed shield (far right)

Corpses, 7th century BC Assyrian carving
Dead bodies. Neo-Assyrian bas relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, Nineveh, showing corpses floating on a river. Ashurbanipal (reigned 669-631 BC)

ASSYRIAN KING, 730 B. C. King Tiglath Pileser III of Assyria hunting lions. Fresco from Til Barsip, c730 B. C
ASSYRIAN KING, 730 B.C. King Tiglath Pileser III of Assyria hunting lions. Fresco from Til Barsip, c730 B.C

ASSYRIAN STATUE. Assyrian royal statue (Ashurnasirpal?) of amber. 9th century B. C
ASSYRIAN STATUE. Assyrian royal statue (Ashurnasirpal?) of amber. 9th century B.C

Assyrian Cylindrical Seal. 2350-2150 B. C
ASSYRIAN CYLINDRICAL SEAL. 2350-2150 B.C

DEPORTATION OF JEWS. King Salmanazar V of Assyria taking ten tribes of Jews prisoners and deporting them from Samaria to Assyria, 721 B.C

Battle of Cunaxa 401 Bc
The defeat of Cyrus the Younger, Persian prince by his brother Artaxerxes at the Battle of Cunaxa. The battle resulted in the retreat, under Xenophon of 10, 000 Greeks

Sargon II of Assyria
SARGON II His many conquests included Babylonia, Armenia, Philistia and Israel, which was wiped out by its defeat

Shalmaneser in Triumph
Shalmaneser IV, king of Assyria, attacks Hoshea of Samaria, leading away many captives behind his chariot

Chariot of Assyria
An Assyrian ruler rides in his chariot, drawn by two horses, with two grooms and two attendants

Idols of Bible Times 2
Nibhaz, human but with a dogs head is one of the gods of the Avites, a people settled in Samaria by the king of Assyria. (see Second Kings 17.31)

Battle Scene
Assyrian Battle scene with Standard Bearers

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