Ashurnasirpal II
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Ashur-nasir-pal II was the third king of the Neo-Assyrian Empire from 883 to 859 BC. Ashurnasirpal II succeeded his father, Tukulti-Ninurta II. His son and successor was Shalmaneser III and his queen
Ashur-nasir-pal II (centre) meets a high official after a successful battle.
Campaigns and contemporaries of Ashurnasirpal II
Engravings of the brass gates of Balawat, dating back to the reign of King Ashurnasirpal II, 883-859 BC, British Museum
Limestone stela of Ashurnasirpal II in the British Museum
Nimrud
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Nimrud is an ancient Assyrian city located in Iraq, 30 kilometres south of the city of Mosul, and 5 kilometres south of the village of Selamiyah, in the Nineveh Plains in Upper Mesopotamia. It was a m
Ashurnasirpal II
…local client rulers paying tribute. Ashurnasirpal II was notorious for his brutality, using enslaved captives to build a new Assyrian capital at Kalhu (Nimrud) in Mesopotamia. His harshness prompted a revolt that he crushed decisively in a pitched, two-day battle. According to his monument inscription, while…
A lamassu at the North West Palace of Ashurnasirpal II before destruction in 2015.
Artist’s impression of Assyrian palaces from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853
Artist’s impression of a hall in an Assyrian palace from The Monuments of Nineveh by Sir Austen Henry Layard, 1853
1851 sketch of Layard's expedition removing a Lamassu