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Surroundings:

Plan of the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at NimrudAn overall view of the Northwest Palace in the ancient city of KalhuNimrud - KalhuBlack Obelisk of Shalmaneser III in the British Museum.Limestone stela of Ashurnasirpal II , 879 BC

Location:

  • Iraq, Qaryat an Nu‘mānīyah
  • geo:36.099365,43.327347
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Class:

  • Relief, votiv stone or altar
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=27845

Annotations

Neo-Assyrian  -VIII century BC ivory sculpture is originally believed to have been attached to a piece of furniture. It was 16 cm high.


Nearby

Nimrud, Palace of Assurnasirpal II

Northwest palace erected in 879 BC.

Citadel of Nimrud

Nimrud - Kalhu - citadel

Nimrud, Temple of Ninurta

Built by Assurnasilpal II.


This object was added by Elżbieta on 2016-06-30. Last update by Elżbieta on 2016-11-17. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/27845 . Download as RDF/XML, KML.
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