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Alabaster jar

The archaeologist Henry Layard discovered this jar, with a l…
Bronze bowl with Egyptian motifs

In January 1849 the excavator, Henry Layard, made a remarkab…
Bronze bowl with Egyptian motifs

On 5 January 1849 the excavator, Henry Layard, made a remark…
Bronze furniture attachment

This bronze object was acquired in 1877 by the archaeologist…
Glass jar

This glass jar is one of several discovered by Henry Layard …
Glazed terracotta tile

This glazed tile was found by the excavator Henry Layard at …
Light green glass bowl

This glass bowl was discovered in the nineteenth century by …
Part of a stone sill from a doorway in the South-West Palace of Sennacherib

This stone 'carpet' decorated with intricate designs, is fro…
Stone panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III

This alabaster panel decorated the mud-brick walls of the Ce…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Court D, no. 7)

This relief panel comes from the walls of the courtyard whic…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, no. 30)

The relief, carved on gypsum, guarded an entrance into the t…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, panel 17 top)

The panel probably shows an incident described in Ashurnasir…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, Panel 3)

This panel shows part of a battle scene which depicts Assyri…
Stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Room 28, Panel 9)

This carved alabaster slab is part of one of the last series…
Stone panels from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room G, nos. 2-3)

These panel may have come from a banqueting hall at the pala…
Stone panels from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Room 28, nos. 7-9)

This carved alabaster slab is part of one of the last series…
Bronze bowl

On 5 January 1849 the excavator Henry Layard made a remarkab…
Bronze bowl with Egyptian motifs

On 5 January 1849 the excavator, Henry Layard, made a remark…
Bronze weight in the form of a lion

This bronze lion was discovered by the excavator Henry Layar…
Bronze weight in the form of a lion
Carved ivory depicting a woman at a window

This ivory panel was once part of a piece of furniture. (The…
Colossal statue of a lion

This gigantic standing lion, roaring angrily, formed one of …
Colossal statue of a winged human-headed bull from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room S)

This is one of a pair of guardian figures set up in the pala…
Colossal statue of a winged lion from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B)

This is one of a pair of guardian figures that flanked one o…
Fragment of a stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib

Most of the rooms in the state apartments of King Sennacheri…
Statue of Ashurnasirpal II

This statue of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC) was placed…
Stone panel from the Central Palace of King Tiglath-pileser III

The Assyrian soldiers can be identified by their tall pointe…
Stone panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III

This alabaster panel was part of the decorative scheme of th…
Stone panel from the Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III

This alabaster panel decorated the mud-brick walls of the Ce…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, panel 17 bottom)

This alabaster relief depicts the typical conclusion of Assy…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, Panel 19)

This alabaster relief shows the royal sport of kings. Royal …
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, Panel 20)

Shown here is the upper part of a panel on the wall close to…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, Panel 7)

The panel shows part of a battle scene. The Assyrian camp is…
Stone panel from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room I)

The use of magic to protect buildings and their owners was a…
Stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib

This panel was one of a group found, out of position, somewh…
Stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Court 6, no. 64)

This panel is one of a series that originally decorated two …
Stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Room 36, no. 7)

This alabaster panel was part of a series which decorated th…
Stone panels from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Room 36, nos. 14-16)

These alabaster panels were part of a series which decorated…
Stone panels from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Room 36, nos. 8-10)

These alabaster panels were part of a series which decorated…
Stone relief from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room B, Panel 10)

The two chariots shown on the relief carry standards probabl…
Stone relief from the North-West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II (Room Z)

This relief, carved on alabaster, was one of a pair which gu…
Stone relief from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib

This is one small surviving fragment from a much larger comp…
Stone relief from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Room 32)

Guardian figures were traditionally used to protect Assyrian…
The Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

The archaeologist Henry Layard discovered this black limesto…
The Sargon Vase

This unique glass jar was discovered in the nineteenth centu…
Two Assyrian-style figures

These figures were inspired by the famous Assyrian carved st…
Lady Layard's jewellery

This necklace, bracelet and two earrings belonged to Lady En…

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