Lahmu God
Lahmu was a minor god associated with the god Ea. Ritual texts prescribe that such figures be buried in the corners of a room and in the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 27, 20183 min read
Assyrian Sculpture Court - Relief Panel 17.190.2077
Relief panel Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 883–859 B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Culture: Assyrian Medium: Gypsum...
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Ryan Moorhen
Jul 27, 20183 min read
Assyrian Chair Carving
Chair back carved in relief Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th century B.C. Geography: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Culture:...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 11, 20189 min read
Ninurta
Ninurta (identified with Ningirsu, Pabilsag, and the biblical Nimrod) is the Sumerian and Akkadian hero-god of war, hunting, and the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 11, 20183 min read
Zakutu/Naqia Mother to Esarhaddon
Zakutu (c. 701-c.668 BCE) was the Akkadian name of Naqia, a wife of King Sennacherib of Assyria, who reigned between 705-681 BCE. Though...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 6, 201811 min read
Tukulti-Ninurta I
Tukulti-Ninurta I (reigned 1244-1208 BCE) was a king of the Assyrian Empire during the period known as the Middle Empire. He was the son...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 6, 20189 min read
Dur-Sharrukin
Dur-Sharrukin (modern day Khorsabad, Iraq) was a city built by Sargon II of Assyria (reigned 722-705 BCE) as his new capital. The name...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 6, 20186 min read
Nineveh No More
Nineveh (modern-day Mosul, Iraq) was one of the oldest and greatest cities in antiquity. The area was settled as early as 6000 BCE and,...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 6, 201810 min read
Ashurbanipal
Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE, also known as Assurbanipal) was the last of the great kings of Assyria. His name means "the god Ashur is...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 6, 201813 min read
Sargon II of Assyria
Sargon II (reigned 722-705 BCE) was one of the most important kings of the Neo-Assyrian Empire as founder of the Sargonid Dynasty which...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 5, 201816 min read
Neo-Assyrian Empire
The Neo-Assyrian Empire (934-610 BCE or 912-612 BCE) was, according to many historians, the first true empire in the world. The Assyrians...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 5, 201816 min read
King Sennacherib
Sack of Babylon & Death of Sennacherib When the Elamite king died the following year, Sennacherib mobilized his forces and suddenly...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 4, 201813 min read
Sargonid Dynasty
The Sargonid Dynasty was the last ruling house of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 722-612 BCE. It began with the reign of Sargon II (reigned...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 3, 20181 min read
Tiglath-Pileser III
Look at this bas-relief found at a palace in Nimrud… …it depicts the humiliation of one man by another. Some sources identify the...
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Ryan Moorhen
Apr 3, 20182 min read
Austen Henry Layard
Austen Henry Layard, a British archaeologist, was born Mar. 5, 1817. In 1845, Layard led an expedition to investigate ruins of the cities...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 16, 20182 min read
Neo-Assyrian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal, C. 8th-7th Century BC
Neo-Assyrian Chalcedony Cylinder Seal, C. 8th-7th Century BC A presentation scene depicted between two border lines; to the right stands...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20182 min read
Cylinder seal and modern impression: winged horse with claws and horns
Cylinder seal and modern impression: winged horse with claws and horns Period: Middle Assyrian Date: ca. 14th–13th century B.C....
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
Cylinder seal and modern impression: male figure dominating human-headed winged lions
Cylinder seal and modern impression: male figure dominating human-headed winged lions Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca. 8th–7th century B.C....
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
Cylinder seal and modern impression: scorpion-man and bull-man attacking kneeling nude male
Cylinder seal and modern impression: scorpion-man and bull-man attacking kneeling nude male Period: Neo-Babylonian Date: ca. 8th–7th...
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Ryan Moorhen
Mar 15, 20181 min read
Cylinder seal and modern impression: Ishtar image and a worshiper
Cylinder seal and modern impression: Ishtar image and a worshiper below a canopy flanked by winged genies Period: Neo-Assyrian Date: ca....
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