A royal relief
Portrait of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, making an offering. He lived 910-859 BC, and ruled from 883. He built Nimrud as a new capital of the Assyrian kingdom (in Assyrian called Kalḫu), and in the city a suitable palace. This alabaster relief is from that place.
Now on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.
A royal relief
Portrait of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, making an offering. He lived 910-859 BC, and ruled from 883. He built Nimrud as a new capital of the Assyrian kingdom (in Assyrian called Kalḫu), and in the city a suitable palace. This alabaster relief is from that place.
Now on display at the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
ⓒRebecca Bugge, All Rights Reserved
Do not use without permission.