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June 27, 2013
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| From left: Gypsum stela of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 BC). There are cuneiform inscriptions in which Ashurnasirpal states, "I am important, I am magnificent," and "With their blood I dyed the mountain red as red wool, while the ravines and torrents of the mountain swallowed the rest of them." As was traditional, elaborate curses safeguard the monument itself. The others are protective spirits, Assyrian, about 865-860 BC, from Nimrud. |
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