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Likely Upper Register Reliefs
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(top or bottom of relief showing various cuttings;
drawing probably by Richard Sobolewski)
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Relief depicting a bearded charioteer followed by spearmen, moving left (head of horse carved on next slab to the left).
To the right is the eroded silhouette of a bowman, facing right toward a besieged city, drawing his bow. A small tree separates the scenes.
This relief matches a presumed-lost relief, as seen in the drawing (left) from Barnett & Falkner (1962), plate 9, series A, upper slab 4a. Possibly part of the Babylonian campaign narrative.
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: total H = 1.03m; register H = c.0.89m; max. W = 1.67m; Th = 0.12m
Provenance: square N10/W30, SE corner (found with NA13-75)
Inv. # NA12-75
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(see also reliefs of victory processions)
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(top or bottom of slab showing various cuttings;
drawing probably by Richard Sobolewski)
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Bas relief depicting the siege of a fortified town with a double wall; some towers have no crenellated tops; (from an upper register; top and right edges original).
Assyrian spearmen fight a local defender (at the left); below Assyrians take away large vessels.
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: limestone (?) or fired alabaster
Dimensions: H = 0.96m; W = 0.92m; Th = 0.12m
Provenance: square N10/W30
Inv. # NA6-75
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(top or bottom of relief showing various cuttings;
drawing probably by Richard Sobolewski)
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| Bas relief depicting the siege of a fortified towered town somewhat eroded on the right side (complete upper register with a small portion of the middle register preserved). |
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: H = 1.07m; W = 1.72m; Th = 0.10m
Provenance: square N10/W30
Inv. # NA14-75
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Left, upper corner of a three-register bas relief depicting the siege of a fortified towered town on a hill (on the upper wall stands a bearded figure looking left); a siege engine on a ramp is shown at the upper left along with part of a bow belonging to a person looking right and standing in the scene on the slab to the left.
Middle register is blank, probably for an inscription (central portion of slab sawn away).
A small portion of the lower register survives.
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: H = 1.03m; W = 0.95m; Th = 0.15m; H of middle register = 0.31m
Provenance: square N10/W30 (northern sector)
Inv. # NA39-75
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Bas relief depicting two Assyrian archers and shield-carrier facing right (similar to relief NA10-76, above) toward a date tree and a fortified city on a citadel by a river (several fishes are depicted in the water); several defenders (some with bows and some with raised hands) stand in the city towers and face the attacking Assyrians (upper register).
Just a tiny portion of a blank central register (probably for inscription) is visible below the narrative .
This relief matches a presumed-lost relief, as seen in the drawing (left) published by Barnett & Falkner 1962:pl.X (slab 3a). Possibly part of the Babylonian campaign narrative.
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Date: unspecified
Material: not specified
Dimensions: H = 1.04m; register H = c.0.99m; W = 1.60m; Th = 0.13m (left, right, and top edges original)
Provenance: middle of the south part of square N0/W30 c.1.0m above the paving in secondary fill
Inv. # NA11-76
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(top or bottom of slab showing various cuttings;
drawing probably by Richard Sobolewski)
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| Left part of the upper register of a relief probably depicting a person looking left with both arms raised in front of the face; very possibly traces of architecture at the right. |
Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: H = 0.74m; W = 0.89m; Th = 0.14m (left and upper edges original)
Provenance: square N10/W30
Inv. # NA29-75
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(top or bottom of relief showing various cuttings;
drawing probably by Richard Sobolewski)
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Left side of the upper register of a bas relief depicting two bearded bowmen facing right, ready to fire; behind them the edge of a large shield (top and left edges original; surface partly eroded).
The figures wear high, flat cylindrical caps, short skirts, and a shawl fixed with their belt; their arrows seem decorated with pompoms; one sword is visible.
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: limestone (?) or fired alabaster
Dimensions: H = 0.69m; W = 0.92m; Th = 0.10m
Provenance: square N10/W30
Inv. # NA4-75
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| Upper left corner fragment of a three-register bas relief depicting an archer (beardless with long tunic) and shield-carrier (bearded in pointed helmet and short tunic) facing right (similar to relief NA11-76 below) toward a fortified city apparently on a citadel (upper register), blank central register, and the top of what could be a mountain (lower register). |
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Date: unspecified
Material: not specified
Dimensions: H = 1.27m; W = 0.82m; Th = 0.18m; H of upper register = 0.87m; H of middle register = 0.235m
Provenance: middle of the south part of square N0/W30 c.1.0m above the paving in secondary fill
Inv. # NA10-76
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Right upper corner of a bas-relief fragment depicting 2 archers and shield-carrier facing left and part of a blank central register (probably for an inscription) along the bottom.
Also published by Barnett & Falkner 1962:pls.XI-XII (slab 2a)
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Date: unspecified
Material: not specified
Dimensions: H = 1.12m; W = 0.54m; Th = 0.085m (right and top edges original)
Provenance: square N10/W30 (with relief NA26-76)
Inv. # NA28-76
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| Bas-relief fragment depicting an archer (possibly the king) with long tunic and sword and a shield-carrier in short tunic carrying a knife; both facing left. Part of the uninscribed middle register is visible at the bottom of the slab. |
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Date: unspecified
Material: not specified
Dimensions: H = 0.88m; W = 0.51m; Th = 0.12m (right edge original)
Provenance: square N0/W30; southeast corner
Inv. # NA41-76
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Bas-relief fragment depicting an archer and shield-carrier in pointed helmets facing right. Archer wears a long tunic and carries a sword and spear; the shield-carrier wears a short tunic. A sacred tree is behind them.
The upper portion of the middle register shows at the bottom of the slab.
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Date: unspecified
Material: not specified
Dimensions: H = 1.03m; W = 0.63m; Th = 0.11m (upper edge original; right edge sawn)
Provenance: square N0/W30; southeast corner (found with NA41-76, above)
Inv. # NA42-76
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(see also reliefs of sacred trees)
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Likely Lower Register Reliefs
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Left lower part of relief slab depicting a towered citadel, protected by a double wall and surrounded by a city wall.
Possibly part of the Anatolian campaign narrative. This relief is similar to a relief in the Louvre depicting an Anatolian fortress (#AO 19855).
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: H = 1.03m; W (not specified); Th = 0.16m; H of plinth = 0.35m (left and bottom edges original)
Provenance: square N0/W30
Inv. # NA69-75
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Fragment of a three-register bas relief depicting legs of a person looking left, then an unidentified object, then the legs of a person looking right (upper register).
Blank central register, probably for an inscription.
Soldiers approaching a fortified city with palm trees (lower register).
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Date: unspecified
Material: not specified
Dimensions: H = 0.82m; W = 0.71m; Th = 0.15m; H of middle register = 0.29m
Provenance: square N0/W30
Inv. # NA22-76
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| Reliefs of Unclear Location |
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| Left fragmentary part of a relief showing the leg of striding figure facing right; possibly a soldier (archer). |
Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: H = 0.40m; W = 0.36m; Th = 0.09m (part of left edge original)
Provenance: square N10/W30
Inv. # NA30-75
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| Bas relief depicting a portion of a siege machine going uphill (portion sawn away from full slab; only left edge may be original). |
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Date: period of Tiglathpilesar III
Material: Mosul alabaster
Dimensions: H = 0.23m; W = 0.24m; Th = 0.05m
Provenance: square N0/W30
Inv. # NA84-75
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