Rulers
Seen in a 1935 photo, excavators unearth a basalt statue of the bearded Ishtup-Ilum, ruler of Mari around 2100 BC, which had fallen down the stairs of the throne room of this ruler's palace.
Zimri Lim
Viewed across the Tigris, Assur’s main ziggurat towers above the mass of the city’s other public buildings in another of this artist's drawings.
Andrae
The pair of three inch-wide gold bracelets found in a sarcophagus at Nimrud are textured with this technique.
Repousse
In a sculpture found at Nimrud, this creature mauls a shepherd.
A lioness
Diggers unearthed the heaviest concentration of arrowheads- leaf shaped blades of iron or bone- near this location.
Employing the same technique as Mesopotamian seal carvers, an Egyptian craftsman wields this tool to bore holes through stone beads.
Bow drill
Measuring about three inches tall, a figure from Nimrud is inscribed on the back with this incomplete warning.
"If the entrails look like the face of Humbaba…"
Dated from the time of Nebuchadnezzar, the text of this object tells of the construction of a temple and was intended to carry its message to the gods.
Clay cylinder
Encrusted with semiprecious stones, this famous statue was discovered by British excavators in 1952.
The Mona Lisa of Nimrud
Arms upraised to support a basket filled with earth, Ashurbanipal himself participates in rebuilding this structure, as shown on a stele dating from 660 BC.
Temple of Marduk at Babylon