Neo Assyrian 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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Painted bricks from the N.W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph)

3899816 Painted bricks from the N.W. Palace at Nimroud [Calah], 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From The monuments of Nineveh, from drawings made on the spot by Austen Henry Layard, Esq.
The ornaments and colours were selected from the decorations in the painted chambers at Nimrud.
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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Hall in Assyrian palace (restored), 1849 (lithograph)

3899806 Hall in Assyrian palace (restored), 1849 (lithograph) by Layard, Austen Henry (1817-94); New York Public Library, USA; (add.info.: From The monuments of Nineveh, from drawings made on the spot by Austen Henry Layard, Esq.
Hall with lamassu (human-headed winged lions)
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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