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Plaster cast of a relief with a court scene of Ashurnasirpal II by diffendale

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Plaster cast of a relief with a court scene of Ashurnasirpal II

The king performs a ritual with attendants and a winged genius
From Kalkhu/Kalhu/Nimrud (see on Pleiades), Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Room G
Neo-Assyrian period, 875-870 BCE.

In the collection of the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), gift of Alessandro Castellani to Giuseppe Fiorelli, 1866.
Photographed on display in the exhibit "Gli Assiri all'ombra del Vesuvio" ('The Assyrians in the shadow of Vesuvius') at the Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli (MANN), July 3-September 16, 2019.

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Tomb 135 from Osteria dell'Osa by diffendale

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Tomb 135 from Osteria dell'Osa

Including, notably, a vessel on a high stand, a three-legged table, and a lamp.
Also: bronze fibula, rectangular razor, and socketed spearhead.

Tomb 135 (adult male cremation; family group B), Osteria dell'Osa necropolis (see on Pleiades)
Latial IIA1 period, ca. 1st quarter 9th c. BCE

Photographed on display in the Museo Nazionale Romano Terme di Diocleziano, Rome, Italy

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Thessalian Protogeometric plate from Marmariani by diffendale

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Thessalian Protogeometric plate from Marmariani

ca. 875-800 BCE.
From the tholos tomb cemetery (late 11th-mid 9th c. BCE) at Marmariani in Thessaly.

National Archaeological Museum (Inv. 27618)
Athens, Greece

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Kneeling winged genius worshipping the tree of life. by diffendale

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Kneeling winged genius worshipping the tree of life.

Neo-Assyrian alabastrine limestone relief from Room I of the North-West Palace of Assurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE), Nimrud (ancient Khalhu).

Vatican Museums, inv. 14989

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