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Northwest Palace of Ashur-nasir-pal II at Nimrud

An Interactive Publication

SAMPLES  OF  SCANNED  PHOTOGRAPHS

 

Sample scans, reduced a bit for transmission; greater resolution is possible.  Color images added for comparison with Version 6 renderings.

The notations used to designate individual sculptures and architectural features (such as doorways and rooms) were originally devised by Austen Henry Layard, during his 19th-century excavations, and later expanded by Samuel M. Paley and Richard P. Sobolewski, during their study and publication of the material.

lamassu ED-1

lamassu ED-1
 

relief panel D-3 and lamassu Dd-1
 

lamassu ED-10 and relief panel D-1 (neg. 191, 1975)

(image copyright by the Northwest Palace Archives, Warsaw, Poland)

relief panel D-3 and lamassu Dd-1 (neg. 94, 1974)

(image copyright by the Northwest Palace Archives, Warsaw, Poland)

 lamassu Dd-2 and relief panel D-4 (neg. 92, 1975)

(image copyright by the Northwest Palace Archives, Warsaw, Poland)
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