Assyrian

A culture and style based on a city-state that became a territorial state and eventually an empire (Neo-Assyria).

Dates

c. 1365–609 B.C.E.

Places

Asia > West Asia > Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Iran

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Assyrian

A culture and style based on a city-state that became a territorial state and eventually an empire (Neo-Assyria).

Dates

c. 1365–609 B.C.E.

Places

Asia > West Asia > Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel/Palestine, Iran

Basics Works of Art Curated Guides

Basics to get you started

Assyria, an introduction

Assyrian sculpture

Ancient West Asia: cradle of civilization

Writing cuneiform

Cuneiform, an introduction

Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 2nd–1st millennia B.C.E.

Works of Art

The Black Obelisk

825 B.C.E.

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

c. 721–705 B.C.E.

Assyria vs Elam: The battle of Til Tuba

660–650 B.C.E.

Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions

c. 645–635 B.C.E.

Cylinder seals

c. 7600–500 B.C.E.

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Rethinking approaches to the art of the Ancient Near East until c. 600 B.C.E.

Assyrian

Assyrian

Basics to get you started

Assyria, an introduction

Assyrian sculpture

Ancient West Asia: cradle of civilization

Writing cuneiform

Cuneiform, an introduction

Tiny timeline: ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia in a global context, 2nd–1st millennia B.C.E.

Works of Art

The Black Obelisk

Lamassu from the citadel of Sargon II

Assyria vs Elam: The battle of Til Tuba

Ashurbanipal Hunting Lions

Cylinder seals

Curated Guides to Assyrian

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