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Ishtar Gate and Processional Avenue
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Ishtar Gate and processional avenue, Babylon. This scale model in the Pergamon Museum in Berlin shows the splendor of the city in the days of the prophet—or prophets—whose words are preserved in…

Places:

Babylon, Babylonia (Babylon, Iraq)

Date:

605 BCE–562 BCE

Subjects:

Cities, Animals, Monarchy

Categories:

Sculpture, Architecture
Model of temple and long avenue lined with small uniform buildings.
Palace Façade in Assyrian Relief
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Palace façade in Assyrian relief, Khorsabad. This illustration is based on an Assyrian relief from the palace of Sargon II (reigned 722–705 BCE), Khorsabad. The relief shows pillars topped by volute…

Places:

Dur-Sharrukin, Assyria (Khorsabad, Iraq)

Date:

Iron Age II, 8th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Cities, Monarchy

Categories:

Architecture
Line drawing of columned facade.
Prisoners, Naked and Bound, in Embossed Relief
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Prisoners, naked and bound, in embossed relief, Assyria, Iron Age II, 9th century BCE. These prisoners, from a city in Syria, were conquered by the army of Shalmaneser III, King of Assyria (reigned…

Places:

Callah, Assyria (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Iron Age II, 9th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, War, Exile

Categories:

Sculpture, Architecture
Relief of many figures in a row, some of whom are naked with hands tied behind their backs.
Musicians in a Relief from Nineveh
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Depicted in a relief from Sennacherib’s Palace in Nineveh, these musicians, followed by an Assyrian soldier, hold stringed instruments against their chests, plucking the strings as they walk. Dressed…

Places:

Nineveh, Land of Israel (Mosul, Iraq)

Date:

Early 7th Century BCE

Subjects:

Archaeology, Music

Categories:

Sculpture, Architecture
Wall relief showing three bare-headed musicians in tunics holding stringed instruments against their chests, with bearded soldier holding weapon behind them.