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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Plan of the Palace at Khorsabad, 722 705 Bc
This is a diagram of the Palace of Khorsabad, 10 miles north-east of Nineveh, near Mosul, Iraq. This is an Assyrian palace, built by Sargon 722-705 BC. It "was situated on the banks of the Khanser, a tributary of the Tigris."
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Relief Sculpture
Relief sculpture from Assyria.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Rock Cut Facade
Part of the Rock-cut facade of the Tomb of Darius. -D'Anvers, 1895
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Ruins of Susa
An image depicting the ruins of the ancient city of Susa, in modern-day Iran.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Sculpture
Winged bull from Assyria (detail).
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Sculptured Griffin From the Sculptures in the Ruins of Nineveh
A representation of an Assyrian griffin that adorned their buildings prior to the Persian conquest.
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Etc: Clip Art Etc: Sculptured Ornamental Border From the Ruins of Nineveh
Over the Winged Bulls were painted other acts of the king surrounded by his eunuchs and warriors, and these representations were in their turn surrounded by an ornamental border, in which winged-bulls and monstrous beasts, as well as the...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Seal of Sargon I
The ancient King of Akkad, reigning from 2270 BC to 2215 BC.
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Shalmaneser
Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser. - Quackenbos, 1882
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Cylinder of Sennacherib
A six-sided cylinder of terra-cotta found at Ninevah. It contains a record of eight years of Sennacherib's reign, including an account of his expedition against Hezekiah, king of Jerusalem.-Webster, 1913
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: The Deluge Tablet
Contains the narrative of the flood as pieced together and published by George Smith in 1872. There are sixteen fragments in the restoration.-Webster, 1913
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Winged Bull From Nimrud
The Sumerian word lama, which i rendered in Akkadian a lamau, refer to a beneficient protective female deity. The correponding male deity wa called alad, in Akkadian, sedu. In art they were depicted a hybrid, a winged bull or lion with...
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Educational Technology Clearinghouse: Clip Art Etc: Winged Bulls
Winged bulls of the gateway at Khorsabad.-D'Anvers, 1895