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Limestone Assyrian Panel. Assyria, 9th century BC. This panel is from the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II, ruler of Assyria (now modern Iraq) from 883 to 859 BC. Details of his reign are almost exclusively from such panels, which were designed to overwhelm onlookers with evidence of the King's wealth and power. This panel shows King Ashurnasirpal II standing opposite one of his court officials conducting a religious ceremony. The carving is one of many that were excavated by the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard at Nimrud in the 1840s.
Assyrian1
Limestone Assyrian Panel. Assyria, 9th century BC. This panel is from the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II, ruler of Assyria (now modern Iraq) from 883 to 859 BC. Details of his reign are almost exclusively from such panels, which were designed to overwhelm onlookers with evidence of the King's wealth and power. This panel shows King Ashurnasirpal II standing opposite one of his court officials conducting a religious ceremony. The carving is one of many that were excavated by the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard at Nimrud in the 1840s.