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View full screenWall panel in gypsum, carved with the bearded figure of King Ashurnasirpal II on the right standing opposite one of his court officials conducting a religious ceremony, with a summary of the king's conquests in cuneiform script: Ancient Near-Eastern, Assyrian, from Room G in the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) in northern Iraq, 9th century BC
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Nimrud, ANCIENT ASSYRIA
9th century BC
Assyrian
Gypsum; carved in relief
Nimrud, ANCIENT ASSYRIA
Depicted: King Ashurnasirpal II
Brodie, William
Simpson, James Young, Professor Sir, 1811 - 1870
Discoveries Redisplay, 2015
Discoveries (29 Jul 2011 - 2016)
National Museum of Scotland
“Nimrud NW Palace G-29 = RIMA 2.0.101.023, Ex. 087 (a) Artifact Entry.” 2011. Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative (CDLI). November 13, 2011. https://cdli.ucla.edu/P426880
Grayson, A. Kirk, Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, I (1114-859 BC), RIMA 2.0.101.023 (Royal Inscriptions of Mesopotamia: Assyrian Periods 2), ex. 087 (a)
Serba, Philip (2018), Apotropaische Reliefs aus dem Nordwest Palast (PhD thesis at the University Frankfurt am Main), p. 20
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