Griffith Institute Archive

Male figure wearing triple atef or hemhem crown

Relief depicting archers shooting from tower, Neo-Assyrian; three sketches from gypsum slab (not identified). Similar to Iraq. Nimrud (Kahlu). North-West Palace. Room B. Panel 18 (top). Relief depicting Ashurnasirpal II besieging a strongly-walled town which is being defended by archers, c. 865-860 BC; gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124536 = 1847,0623.6

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Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room XXXIII. Panels 4-6. Relief depicting an Assyrian eunuch general with three Elamite captives, c. 660-650 BC; unfinished sketch in grid from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124802.a = 1851,0902.7.a

Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court XIX (U). Panels 10-12. Relief depicting Assyrian soldiers in a chariot, c. 640-620 BC; sketch/tracing from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124825,b = 1851,0902.1.b

Iraq. Nimrud (Kahlu). North-West Palace. Room I. Panel 20. Relief depicting a female winged protective spirit facing left, wearing a two-horned hat and holding a chaplet, performing an act of worship (?), c. 865-860 BC; sketch/tracing from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124578 = 1849,0502.4

Iraq. Nimrud (Kahlu). Central Palace of Tiglath-Pileser III. Relief depicting two ships rowing away from palace surrounded by sea creatures, c. 730 BC; drawing after Henry Layard's drawing of gypsum wall panel now partially in London, British Museum, BM 102981 = 1908,1010.1

Iraq. Medinet Nimrood (Nimrud)

Names of kings, gods and places in cuneiform with their English equivalents

Text (22 lines) in cuneiform script with annotations, now in the British Museum (not identified)

Iraq. Khorsabad. Palace of Sargon II. Room 10. Panels 6-7. Relief depicting a man bringing a city model as tribute, c. 710-705 BC; sketch from gypsum slab, now in Paris, Musée du Louvre, AO 19887; and Iran. Persepolis. Column; sketch

Iraq. Nimrud (Kahlu). North-West Palace. Room G. Relief depicting an eunuch attendant (head and shoulders) with fly-flapper facing left, c. 865-860 BC; sketch/tracing from gypsum slab fragment, now in an unknown location

Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room LI (North). Detail of locusts in Bonomi MSS 32.10 (recto) and relief depicting horses being led by grooms, c. 700-692 BC; sketch from gypsum slab (panels 37-38) now in London, British Museum, BM 124795,a-c = 1851,0902.14

Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room LI (North). Relief depicting a male servant carrying dried locusts, c. 704-681 BC; sketch from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124798 = 1851,0902.11