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| Glazed terracotta tile of an Assyrian King and attendants 875-850 BC North-West Palace, Nimrud, Iraq |
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| Protective spirits - an Ugallu and probably the House God 645-640 BC North Palace, Nineveh, Iraq |
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| Protective spirit an Ugallu |
In the mail this week I received I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria edited by Gareth Brereton, a great book of the exhibition currently on at the British Museum from 8 November 2018 until 24 February 2019. This has inspired me to dig out and post photos from our 2011 visit there. Identifying individual reliefs is a bit tricky and time consuming, seven years after the event, so I have only captioned those I'm fairly certain about! I highly recommend the book, if you are at all interested in Assyria, published by Thames & Hudson, the paperback version is 348 pages, lavishly illustrated with colour photos and maps and it has interesting text. I also would recommend the book of the 2017 exhibition, Scythians warriors of ancient Siberia, edited by St John Simpson and Svetlana Pankova, both books are really fascinating.
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| Human-headed winged bull and attendant genie (alad-lammu or lammasu) c.710 BC Khorsabad, Iraq |
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| Human-headed winged bull and attendant genie (alad-lammu or lammasu) c.710 BC Khorsabad, Iraq |
The reliefs are terrific! Thank you for sharing photos from your visit.
ReplyDeleteNo worries Jonathan, I have heaps of photos - enough for two more posts. That book on Ashurbanipal is a cracker!
DeleteI have the book on order.
DeleteYour photo of Lamassu Guard Tower has me seriously adding one or two of these beauties to the collection.
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Yes I've seen those, very cool. I have a Grand Manner Assyrian siege tower but haven't painted it yet.
DeleteAmazing! Thank You for a photos!
ReplyDeleteThanks Michal, the British Museum is an amazing place to visit.
ReplyDeleteI can never tire looking at these reliefs. Just amazing. Would be great if Someone made early Assyrians like last photo in 28mm..
ReplyDeleteI agree Colin they are just amazing with incredible detail. The Eureka early chariot is the only one I know of and some of the Foundry and Cutting Edge figures are probably suitable?
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