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Soldiers in front of a fortress. Fragment              
of a bronze sheet, cover of a wooden door.             
Chased bronze (858-824 BCE)                            
from Yeni-Assur (Tell Balawat), Iraq
#08020647

Soldiers in front of a fortress. Fragment of a bronze sheet, cover...

Archers. Fragment of a bronze sheet,                   
cover of a wooden door.                                
Chased bronze (858-824 BCE)                            
from Yeni-Assur (Tell Balawat), Iraq
#08020648

Archers. Fragment of a bronze sheet, cover of a wooden door....

Adadnirari III (810-783 BCE) worshipping               
divine emblems - and an inscription.                   
Bas-relief on an obelisk (7th BCE)                     
erected for the Assyrian King Adad,                    
from Sabaa, Yemen
#08020649

Adadnirari III (810-783 BCE) worshipping divine emblems - and an...

Chamberlain of Tiglath Pileser III                     
worshipping emblems - and inscription.                 
Bas-relief on a limestone stele (7th BCE)              
from Tell Abta near Niniveh, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020650

Chamberlain of Tiglath Pileser III worshipping emblems - an...

Assyrian warrior in front of a castle.                 
Detail of a limestone wall relief of Nimrud-Kalash,    
the palace of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727 BCE),       
from Nimrud, Mesopotamia (Iraq).
#08020651

Assyrian warrior in front of a castle. Detail of a limestone wa...

Royal chariot and guardian. Bas-relief on an           
orthostat showing divisions of the Assyrian Army.      
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727 BCE)            
from a doorway at Hadatu /Arslan Tash, Northern Syria.
#08020652

Royal chariot and guardian. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing divis...

Spearmen. Bas-relief on an orthostat                   
showing different branches of the Assyrian army.       
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727 BCE)            
from a doorway at Hadatu/Arslan Tash, Northern Syria.
#08020653

Spearmen. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing different branch...

Warriors with maces. Bas-relief on an orthostat        
showing different branches of the Assyrian army.       
Period of Tiglath Pileser III (744-727)                
from a doorway at Hadatu/Arslan Tash, Northern Syria
#08020654

Warriors with maces. Bas-relief on an orthostat showing different branch...

Shamash-ush-usur, governor of Suhi and Mari,           
praying to the gods Adad and Ishtar.                   
Bas-relief from the palace of Nebuchadnezzar II        
(605-562 BCE)                                          
Babylon, Mesopotamia (Iraq)
#08020661

Shamash-ush-usur, governor of Suhi and Mari, praying to the gods Adad...

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small   
figures. His emblem, the solar disk, appears on the    
altar. The tablet was dedicated by a Babylonian king   
of the 9th BCE, who restored the temple of Shamash in  
Sippar, Mesopotamia (Iraq) - Original mould
#08020662

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small figures. His emblem, the...

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small   
figures. His emblem, the Solar disk, appears on the    
altar. The tablet was dedicated by a Babylonian king   
of the 9th BCE, who restored the temple of Shamash in  
Sippar. Positive cast from the original mould
#08020663

The Sungod Shamash receiving homage from three small figures. His emblem, the...

Code of law of Ur, cuneiform inscription in Sumerian.  
2112-2095 BCE. From Nippur                             
Inv. 3191
#08020915

Code of law of Ur, cuneiform inscription in Sumerian. 2112-2095 BCE. From Nipp...