Assyrian Sculpture

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Assyrian “winged genie” with elaborate bracelets.  Alabaster relief sculpture from Room H of the Nor

A pair of Assyrian winged deities, carved in gypsum.  Artist unknown; reign of Ashurbanipal II (883-

Head of a roaring lionNeo-Assyrian (from Nimrud), c. 9th-8th centuries B.C.ivoryMetropolitan Museum

lionofchaeronea:Assyrian relief sculpture from the North Palace at Nineveh, depicting King Ashurbani

Assyrian bireme warship from around 700 BC, Nineveh.

Ivory furniture plaque from Assyria, carved with a falcon-headed figure in relief.  Artist unknown;

Female head with diademPeriod: Neo-AssyrianDate: ca. 8th century B.C.Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud

Detail from gypsum-alabaster relief of a foreign groom in a tributary processionFrom the palace at K

An Assyrian soldier conducts captives in a boat.  Gypsum alabaster relief, artist unknown; ca. 668-6

A hero subdues a lion.  Relief sculpture from Wall M of the entrance court of the palace of Sargon I

Assyrian lamassu from the Throne Room (Room B) of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (present-day Iraq)

centuriespast:Openwork plaque with a striding sphinxPeriod: Neo-AssyrianDate: ca. 9th–8th century B.

Richard Miles ArchaeologistONE DAY, ONE IMAGENeo-Assyrian art: sculptures, stelae and reliefs (11th

Ancient Assyrian ivory furniture plaque depicting a cow suckling a calf.  Artist unknown; 9th/8th ce

lionofchaeronea:Assyrian relief sculpture from the North Palace at Nineveh, depicting King Ashurbani

lionofchaeronea:Assyrian relief sculpture from the North Palace at Nineveh, depicting King Ashurbani

lionofchaeronea:Assyrian “winged genie” with elaborate bracelets.  Alabaster relief sculpture from R

Sumerianstone sculpture with Gilgamesh wrestling two bulls; two lions alsoappear.  Found in the

Collected by Raymond Pitcairn during the 1920s, the Assyrian reliefs in Glencairn’s Ancient Ne

met-ancient-art: Pomegranate carved in the round, Metropolitan Museum of Art: Ancient Near Eastern A

Lamassu from Assyrian Mythology - Aluminum Foil Sculpture

Richard Miles ArchaeologistONE DAY, ONE IMAGEDetail: Assyrian relief sculpture from the North Palace

Richard Miles ArchaeologistONE DAY, ONE IMAGENeo-Assyrian art: sculptures, stelae and reliefs (11th

Detail of a bas-relief sculpture depicting a winged guardian spirit with Akkadian Cuneiform writing.

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