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Alabaster cinerary urn with reclining figure on lid

This once richly-painted cinerary urn (container for the cre…
Alabaster jar

The archaeologist Henry Layard discovered this jar, with a l…
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 Palace of Ashurbanipal

This fragmentary alabaster wall panel comes from the left-ha…
Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room E, no. 13)

This stone panel decorated a mud brick wall of the palace of…
Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room H, nos. 7-9)

This panel probably shows part of two independent compositio…
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 Palace of Sargon II (Façade N, no. 24)

This alabaster relief of a charioteer and horse decorated th…
Stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib (Court 6)

This panel continues the narrative from the previous panel i…
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 Palace of Ashurbanipal

These wall panels probably originally decorated one of the p…
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 statuette of Thutmose IV

The posture of the king kneeling and holding two pots in off…
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…
Colossal winged bull from the Palace of Sargon II

This is one of a pair of colossal human-headed winged bulls,…
Fragment of a stone panel from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib

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

This freestanding gypsum monument was erected by King Ashurn…
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 Palace of Ashurbanipal

This alabaster wall panel was originally set into the mud br…
Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room H, no. 7)

The panel probably shows part of two independent composition…
Stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room L, nos. 9-13)

By the date that this panel was carved, the Arab tribes of n…
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. 10)

The story continues from the previous panel (no. 9) of the r…
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 North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room S, nos. 13-18)

This is part of a series of sculptures which decorated a pri…
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 Dying Lion, a stone panel from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal

This small alabaster panel was part of a series of wall pane…
The 'Garden Party' relief from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal (Room S)

This panel was the focal point of a decorative scheme incorp…
Alabaster panel showing the signs of the Last Judgement

In the Middle Ages it was believed that the Last Judgement w…
Alabaster panel with a scene of the Martyrdom of St Thomas Becket

This alabaster panel shows Thomas Becket (?1118-70), Archbis…

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