*Reconstruction plan of Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq

c. 720 BCE 

Assyrian (at the time of King Sargon II)

*Lamassu, Palace of Sargon II

Dur Sharrukin (modern Khorsabad), Iraq

c. 720 BCE 

Assyrian 

*OI Lamassu: the head and face of a human, the ears and body of a bull and wings 

like a bird’s

*Plan of the Palace of Assurnasirpal II Nimrud, Iraq

c. 883-859 BCE

NeoAssyrian

*Façade, Palace of Assurnasirpal II Nimrud, Iraq

c. 883-859 BCE

NeoAssyrian 

*Throne Room of the Palace of Assurnasirpal II

Nimrud, Iraq, 

 c. 883-859 BCE

Assyrian 

*King and “sacred tree.” Relief from the Throne Room  

Palace of Assurnasirpal II

Nimrud, Iraq

c. 883-859 BCE

Neo-Assyrian 

*Reliefs from the Throne Room of the Assurnasirpal II

Nimrud, Iraq

c. 883-859 BCE

Neo-Assyrian 

*Genii Relief from the Palace of 

Assurnasirpal II

Nimrud, Iraq

c. 883-859 BCE

Neo-Assyrian

*The Dying Lioness, relief 

from the Palace of 

Ashurbanipal

Nineveh, Iraq 

c. 650 BCE 

Neo-Assyrian

*Lachish Siege Relief, from Sennacherib’s southwest palace Nineveh, Iraq

c. 704-681 BCE

Neo-Assyrian

*Lachish Siege Relief, from 

Sennacherib’s southwest palace

Nineveh, Iraq

c. 704-681 BCE 

Neo-Assyrian 

*Lioness Mauling a 

Nubian Boy

Found at the palace at Nimrud, made in Phoenicia (along Eastern Mediterranean Coast)

c. 700 BCE

Phoenician

*Ishtar Gate

Babylon, Iraq

c 575 BCE

Babylonian

*Remains and plan of Persepolis  

(Takht-e Jamshid), Iran

c. 500 BCE

Persian Achaemenid Empire

*The Apadana, or Audience 

Hall

Persepolis, Iran

c 500 BCE

Persian

Achaemenid

Empire 

*The Apadana, or Audience 

Hall - Stairway reliefs

Persepolis, Iran

c 500 BCE

Persian

Achaemenid Empire 

*The Apadana, or Audience Hall - Stairway reliefs  

Persepolis, Iran

c 500 BCE

Persian Achaemenid Empire