Nimrud Collection

Openwork plaque with a striding sphinx, c. 9th-8th century B. C. (ivory)
5054677 Openwork plaque with a striding sphinx, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 8.8x10.3 x2.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Relief with scene of flight from city besieged by Ashurbanipal, from ancient Nimrud, Calah, Iraq
Assyrian civilization, 8th century b.C. Relief with a scene of flight from a city besieged by Ashurbanipal. From Nimrud (Calah, Iraq). Detail, fugitives swimming across a river

Close up of carved relief, Nimrud, Iraq, Middle East

An Assyrian cavalry
5307972 An Assyrian cavalry.; (add.info.: Engraving depicting an Assyrian cavalry pursuing their enemies. From a bas relief found at Nimrud. Dated 16th century.); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Plaque of an Egyptian styled winged man holding a snake. Nimrud, Mesopotamia, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory)
3288495 Plaque of an Egyptian styled winged man holding a snake. Nimrud, Mesopotamia, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory); Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo © Zev Radovan.

Bronze bowl from Nimrud, Phoenician. 8th century BC (object)
533757 Bronze bowl from Nimrud, Phoenician. 8th century BC (object); Universal History Archive/UIG.

Plaque depicting an Egyptian man holding a lotus flower, Phoenician art from Nimrud, Mesopotamia
3288402 Plaque depicting an Egyptian man holding a lotus flower, Phoenician art from Nimrud, Mesopotamia, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory); Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo © Zev Radovan.

Plaques depicting an Egyptian man holding a lotus flower, Nimrud, Mesopotamia (today Iraq) c.9th-8th century BC (ivory)
3288480 Plaques depicting an Egyptian man holding a lotus flower, Nimrud, Mesopotamia (today Iraq) c.9th-8th century BC (ivory); Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo © Zev Radovan.

Queen Semiramis, 1630. Creator: Cecco Bravo, (Francesco Montelatici) (1601-1661)
Queen Semiramis, 1630. Found in the Collection of the Palazzo Pretorio, Prato.

Hall in an Assyrian palace. Reconstruction, 1849. Creator: Layard, Sir Austen Henry (1817-1894)
Hall in an Assyrian palace. Reconstruction (From "The Nineveh Court in the Crystal Palace" by Austen Henry Layard), 1849. Private Collection

Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, 1850. Creator: Unknown
Shipping the Great Bull from Nimroud, at Morghill, on the Euphrates, [Iraq], 1850. The drawing from which the Engraving...is taken has been brought over by one of the Messrs

Assyrian army crosses a river, 885-860 BC. Creator: Assyrian Art
Assyrian army crosses a river, 885-860 BC. Found in the Collection of the British Museum

Assyrian decoration, (1898). Creator: Unknown
Assyrian decoration, (1898). Examples of ancient Assyrian painting, polychrome sculpture and pottery from what is now Iraq: Fig 1: Portion of a glazed brick from a palace at Khorsabad

Winged genie. Detail of a relief from the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II, 722-705 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
Winged genie. Detail of a relief from the palace of Assyrian king Sargon II, 722-705 BC. Found in the collection of Musee du Louvre, Paris

The Archers frieze from Darius I palace at Susa, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
The Archers frieze from Darius I palace at Susa, c. 510-c. 500 BC. Found in the collection of the Louvre, Paris

Relief with two figures of Ashurnasirpal, winged mythological beings and the god Ashur, before the Tree of Life, 885-860 BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Artist: Assyrian Art
Ashurbanipal at the Battle of Til-Tuba, 650-620 BC. Found in the collection of the State Hermitage, St. Petersburg

Nisroch, Assyrian god, mid 19th century. Assyrian eagle-winged god Nisroch carrying a pine cone, the symbol of regeneration. Ancient Assyria, a kingdom of Mesoptamia, was located in modern Iraq

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure grasping a tree, c. 8th century B. C
3900045 Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure grasping a tree, c.8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian; 26.7x11.4 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Painted bricks from the N. W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph)
3899816 Painted bricks from the N.W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From The monuments of Nineveh)

The Obelisk of Shalmanaser III (engraving)
3646988 The Obelisk of Shalmanaser III (engraving) by German School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Obelisk of Shalmanaser III)

Relief panel, Neo-Assyrian, c. 883-859 B. C. (gypsum alabaster)
3493060 Relief panel, Neo-Assyrian, c.883-859 B.C. (gypsum alabaster) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 233.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Relief panel of king and eunuch, c. 883-59 B. C. (gypsum alabaster)
3597306 Relief panel of king and eunuch, c.883-59 B.C. (gypsum alabaster) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 234.3x233.7 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a ram-headed sphinx, c. 9th-8th century B. C
3900049 Furniture plaque carved in relief with a ram-headed sphinx, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 10.1x6.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Fan or fly-whisk handle in the form of four female figures, c. 8th-7th century B. C
3900042 Fan or fly-whisk handle in the form of four female figures, c.8th-7th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); height: 9.9 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape, c
6176490 Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 7.8x6.1x1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Openwork furniture plaque with a rearing goat, c. 9th-8th century B. C. (ivory)
5054685 Openwork furniture plaque with a rearing goat, c.9th-8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); height: 16 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute
5049854 Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute tree, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian

Nimroud Sculptures in the Louvre Gallery, Paris (engraving)
1625400 Nimroud Sculptures in the Louvre Gallery, Paris (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Nimroud Sculptures in the Louvre Gallery, Paris)

Exhuming a winged man-headed bull at Nimrud (engraving)
970979 Exhuming a winged man-headed bull at Nimrud (engraving) by American School, (19th century) (after); Private Collection; (add.info.: Exhuming a winged man-headed bull at Nimrud)

The Nimroud Sculptures lately received at the British Museum (engraving)
1617811 The Nimroud Sculptures lately received at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info)

Relief panel of guardian and eunuch, c. 883-59 B. C. (gypsum alabaster)
3597307 Relief panel of guardian and eunuch, c.883-59 B.C. (gypsum alabaster) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 234.3x242.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Relief panel of supernatural figure, c. 883-59 B. C. (gypsum alabaster)
3597304 Relief panel of supernatural figure, c.883-59 B.C. (gypsum alabaster) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 114.3x95.3 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plaque depicting a ram headed Sphinx, Nimrud, Mesopotamia, 9th-8th century BC (ivory)
3288411 Plaque depicting a ram headed Sphinx, Nimrud, Mesopotamia, 9th-8th century BC (ivory) by Assyrian School; Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo eZev Radovan; out of copyright

Furniture plaque carved in relief with lion-headed figure, c. 8th-7th century B. C. (ivory)
3900048 Furniture plaque carved in relief with lion-headed figure, c.8th-7th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); 10.5x5.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Head of a female figure, c. 8th-7th century B. C. (ivory)
3900043 Head of a female figure, c.8th-7th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); 5x3.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The palaces of Nimroud [Calah] restored, 1853 (lithograph)
3899808 The palaces of Nimroud [Calah] restored, 1853 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library

Head of a female figure, c. 8th century B. C. (ivory)
3900044 Head of a female figure, c.8th century B.C. (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); 4.2x3.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Painted Bricks that made bright an Assyrian Palace (colour litho)
3099391 Painted Bricks that made bright an Assyrian Palace (colour litho) by English School, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: Painted Bricks that made bright an Assyrian Palace)

Champleve furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth, c. 700 BC (ivory)
3525786 Champlevefurniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth, c. 700 BC (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (7th century BC); 5.9 high cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

Plaque depicting two winged Griffons and a lotus plant, Nimrud, Mesopotamia
3288545 Plaque depicting two winged Griffons and a lotus plant, Nimrud, Mesopotamia, 8th-7th century BC (ivory) by Assyrian School; Iraq Museum, Baghdad; Photo eZev Radovan; out of copyright

The Tower of Babel, 1468-84 (detail) (fresco) (see also 736755) (b / w photo)
736756 The Tower of Babel, 1468-84 (detail) (fresco) (see also 736755) (b/w photo) by Gozzoli, Benozzo di Lese di Sandro (1420-97); Camposanto, Pisa, Italy; (add.info.: Tour de Babel; ); Alinari

The Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum (engraving)
1618035 The Nimroud Sculptures, just received at the British Museum (engraving) by English School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The Nimroud Sculptures)

Horse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, c
5049851 Horse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions, c.9th-8th century BC (ivory) by Assyrian School; 16.2x6.6 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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"Nimrud: A Glimpse into the Ancient Assyrian Empire" Step back in time with these captivating artifacts from Nimrud, an ancient city located in Calah, Iraq. This openwork plaque featuring a striding sphinx takes us back to the 9th-8th century B. C. , showcasing the exquisite craftsmanship of that era. Intricate details come to life as we zoom in on a close-up of a carved relief. The scenes depicted here tell stories of flight from a besieged city during Ashurbanipal's reign, offering us a glimpse into the turbulent times faced by the people of Nimrud. The Assyrian influence is evident throughout these artworks, such as this stunning piece of decoration created by an unknown artist in 1898. Its intricate design and symbolism reflect the rich cultural heritage and artistic prowess of this ancient civilization. One cannot miss the iconic winged genie relief from Sargon II's palace. Created between 722-705 BC, it showcases the mastery of Assyrian artistry and their belief in supernatural beings guarding their rulers. Traveling further through time, we encounter Darius I's palace at Susa and its famous Archers frieze dating back to around 510-500 BC. This artwork displays both military might and artistic finesse, highlighting how art was used to commemorate significant events during that period. Amongst all these remarkable pieces stands tall a statue depicting King Ashurnasirpal II himself. His regal presence reminds us of his powerful rule over Nimrud and his contributions to its grandeur. Another awe-inspiring sculpture is that of a winged lion with a human head - an embodiment of strength and wisdom found within Nimrud's walls. It serves as evidence for their reverence towards mythical creatures symbolizing protection and divinity. Mesopotamian art comes alive through neo-Assyrian relief panels depicting two figures engaged in various activities.