Mesopotamian Gallery

View of the mounds of Kouyunjik [Quyunjik] and Nebbi Yunus

3899813 View of the mounds of Kouyunjik [Quyunjik] and Nebbi Yunus, and of the remains of the exterior walls, from Mosul, 1853 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From A second series of the Monuments of Nineveh: including bas-reliefs from the palace of Sennacherib and bronzes from the ruins of Nimroud by Austen Henry Layard, Esq.
Nineveh, now the mounds of Kuyunjik and Nebi Yunus, on the left bank of the river Tigris
King Sennacherib of Assyria (705-681 BC) was responsible for building at the Akkadian capital of Nineveh.
His grandson Ashurbanipal, the last great King of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, (668-c.627 BC) built the library.); British, out of copyright

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Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate. Aurochs. Perg

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. Ishtar Gate, one of the eight gates of the inner wall of Babylon. Built in the year 575 B.C. during the reign of Nebuchadnezzar II (604-562 BC) using glazed blue brick with alternating rows of basrelief with dragons mushussu, also called sirrush, and aurochs. It was dedicated to the Babylonian goddess Ishtar. Rebuilt in 1930. An aurochs above a flower ribbon. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuch

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Babylonian. The Throne Room of Nebuchadnezzar II. Reconstructed facade. Dated in 580 B.C. Its 56 meters facade was decorated with colored glazed bricks as shows the composition, including stylized palms. The frieze of lions was presumably arranged symmetrically so that the animals faced toward the central main entrance to the trone-room. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

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