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Essay

The Old Assyrian Period (ca. 2000–1600 B.C.)

December 1, 2017

By Nancy Highcock

The art and texts of the Old Assyrian period provide a deep view into the dynamic lives of individual people at the start of the second millennium B.C.

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Mesopotamian Magic in the First Millennium B.C.

December 1, 2018

By Miriam Said

Far from being considered irrational, magic was the guiding principle by which Mesopotamians understood various natural phenomena and their positive and negative consequences.

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Essay

Nineveh

September 1, 2017

By Michael Seymour

A major urban center in northern Mesopotamia from a very early date, the city is best known today for its role as the final capital of the Assyrian empire.

Assyrian Crown-Prince, Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian

Art

Assyrian Crown-Prince

ca. 704–681 BCE

Gypsum alabaster

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Curatorial Chats on Art from Syria, Iraq, Iran, and Yemen Continue Through March 31

Relief fragment: Assyrian soldier conducting captives across the water, Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian

Art

Relief fragment: Assyrian soldier conducting captives across the water

ca. 668–627 BCE

Gypsum alabaster

Relief fragment: siege of a city by Assyrian troops, Gypsum alabaster, Assyrian

Art

Relief fragment: siege of a city by Assyrian troops

ca. 704–681 BCE

Gypsum alabaster

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Essay

Animals in Ancient Near Eastern Art

February 1, 2014

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

Control of the natural world, as expressed by fierce animals, was a key aspect of the iconography of kingship.

Cuneiform prism describing the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon, stamped with Assyrian hieroglyphic inscription
, Clay, Assyrian

Art

Cuneiform prism describing the restoration of Babylon by Esarhaddon, stamped with Assyrian hieroglyphic inscription

ca. 676–672 BCE

Clay

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Assyria, 1365–609 B.C.

October 1, 2004, revised April 1, 2010

By Department of Ancient Near Eastern Art

After several centuries of obscurity and even loss of independence from around 1400 B.C., Assyria’s fortunes revived in the reign of Ashur-uballit I.