3607. ELAMITE PRISONERS HAVING A MEAL ON THE WAY TO CAPTIVITY. RELIEF FROM ASHURBANIPAL’S PALACE IN NINVE DATING C. 668-633 B.C.

3752. ORTHOSTAT RELIEF OF KING BARREKUB FROM ZINJIRLI

3756. HITTITE STONE CARVING DEPICTING A MAN WITH A GAZELLE, ZINJIRILI, C. 8TH. C. BC

391. KING SANNACHERIB ON HIS THRONE RECEIVING HIS GENERALS AFTER THE BATTLE OF LACHISH. SCENE FROM A RELIEF IN SANNACHERIB’S PALACE IN NINVEH DATING FROM THE 7TH. C. BC. ‘Now it came to pass in the fourtheenth year of King Hezekiah that Sannacherib King of Assyria come up against all the defenced cities of Judah […]

4059. ASSYRIAN ARMY MERCENARY TROOPS

4066. ASSYRIAN DEITY

5167. The Ishtar Gate was the eighth gate to the inner city of Babylon. It was constructed in about 575 BC by order of King Nebuchadnezzar II on the north side of the city. Dedicated to the goddess Ishtar, the Gate was contructed of blue glazed tiles with alternating rows of bas-relief dragons and bulls.

5209. THE BLACK OBELISK.LIMESTONE OBELISK COMMEMORATES THE TRIUMPHS OF KING SHALMANESER III. DESCRIBING AND DEPICTING DEFEATED RULERS LIKE HAZAEL OF DAMASCUS (KINGS 8:7-15) AND JEHU THE SON OF OMRI THE KING OF ISRAEL. OTHER PANELS DEPICT PEOPLE OF VARRIOUS NATIONS IN THEY TYPICAL DRESSES BRINGING TRIBUTE TO THE KING.

5240. GOLD COATED GOAT WITH HIS FORELEGS LEANING ON A TREE, REMINISENT OF THE GOAT GOD SENT TO ABRAHAM AT THE SACRIFICE OF ISAAC. UR, 25TH. C. BC

5242. BOUNDARY STONE BEARING THE IMAGE OF KING MARDUK OF BABYLON DATING 1090 BC. THE TEXT RECORDS A LAND PURCHASE.

5245. HUNTERS TRAPPING DEER IN NETS. RELIEF FROM THE PALACE OF ASHURBANIPAL IN MINVEH DATING C. 645-640 BC

3228. WORKERS, CARRYING TOOLS; ROPES AND A MEASURING POLE, FROM A RELIEF DEPICTING AN ASSYRIAN BUILDING PROJECT, FROM KING ASHURBANIPAL’S PALACE IN NINVEH, DATING FROM C. 645 B.C.

5316. Golden goblet decorated with mythological creatures dating c. 1200 BC. Northern Iran

“5318. Elamite lady seated on a lion-footed stool spinning wool witha spindle. Behind her stands a servant with a fan. On a lion-footed table in front of her is a large fish. The bitumen tablet dating from c. 700-600 BC was found in Susa, southwestern Iran”

5335. Women dancing and playing musical instruments. Clay plaque from Larsa , ancient city of S Babylonia, It was the biblical Ellasar (Gen. 14.1).

5507. Dura-Europos church) is the earliest Christian house church dating from 235 AD. It is located in Dura-Europos in Syria.

5599. Stone tablet depicting the Babylonian King Nabu-Apla-Iddina confirming a land transaction. Babylon c. 875-850 BC mesopotamia land babylon

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