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2. Art and Propaganda from Akkad to the Assyrian Empire
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| Akkadian Art | |
 | Map of the Ancient Near East |
 | Head of a ruler (possibly Sargon I), from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), copper, ca. 2,250-2,200 BCE (G 2-12) |
 | Head of a ruler (possibly Sargon I), from Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), copper, ca. 2,250-2,200 BCE (G 2-12) |
 | Stela of Naramsin, limestone, ca. 2,254-2,218 BCE (G 2-13) |
 | Stela of Naramsin, limestone, ca. 2,254-2,218 BCE - Detail (G 2-13) |
| Babylonian Art | |
| Map of the Ancient Near East |
 | Stela with Code of Hammurabi, Susa (modern Shush, Iraq), basalt, ca. 1,792-1,750 BCE (G 2-16) |
 | Stela with Code of Hammurabi, Susa (modern Shush, Iraq), basalt, ca. 1,792-1,750 BCE - Detail: Hammurabi before the sun god Shamash (G 2-16) |
 | Stela with Code of Hammurabi, Susa (modern Shush, Iraq), basalt, ca. 1,792-1,750 BCE - Detail: cuneiform inscription (G 2-16) |
| Assyrian Art | |
| Map of the Ancient Near East |
 | *Assurnasirpal II Killing Lions, from palace complex at Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq), alabaster relief, ca. 875-860 BCE |
 | Assyrian archers pursuing enemies, from palace complex at Kalhu (modern Nimrud, Iraq), alabaster relief, ca. 875-860 BCE (G 2-22) |
 | City of Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq), built by Sargon II, ca. 720-705 BCE, Reconstruction drawing (G 2-20) |
 | City of Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq), built by Sargon II, ca. 720-705 BCE, Site plan (G 2-20) |
 | City of Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq), built by Sargon II, ca. 720-705 BCE, Plan of citadel and palace complex (G 2-20) |
 | Guardian figures (lamassu), from palace at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq), limestone, ca. 720-705 BCE, Palace gate during excavations (G 2-21) |
 | Guardian figures (lamassu), from palace at Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad, Iraq), limestone, ca. 720-705 BCE (G 2-21) |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Room XXXVI, Siege of Lachish |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Room XXXVI, Slabs 7-8 |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Room XXXVI, Slabs 11-12 |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Room XXXVI, Slab 13 |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Judean captives impaled at Lachish |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Counting heads after a battle in Batylonia |
 | *Siege of Lachish Reliefs from palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), ca. 700 BCE, Battle scene |
 | Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal Hunting Lions (G 2-24) |
 | *Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal Killing Lions; King shoots lions, clubs lion, libates to god of hunting |
 | *Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal Killing Lions, Detail |
 | *Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal Killing Lions, Dying Lioness |
 | *Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal and His Queen Dining |
 | *Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal and His Queen Dining, Detail: Severed head of an enemy |
 | *Reliefs from the Palace of Assurbanipal at Nineveh (modern Kuyunjik, Iraq), alabaster, ca. 645-640 BCE, Assurbanipal and His Queen Dining, Detail: Attendants |
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