#ashurnasirpal

[scotts-swords-and-scenery]

Depiction of a “winged genius” kneeling before the Sacred Tree, made during the reign of the Neo-Assyrian emperor Ashurnasirpal II (9th century BCE), from the Northwest Palace of Nimrud. Housed at the Vatican Museum, Vatican City

[newyorkarttours]

Michael Rakowitz at Jane Lombard Gallery

Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz brings the destruction and theft of ancient artworks to public attention at Jane Lombard Gallery with a beautiful but barren reconstruction of the banqueting hall of 9th century BC Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II at the Palace of Nimrud. Though destroyed by the Islamic State in 2015, panels from the Palace of Nimrud are housed in many museums, a point Rakowitz highlights by crafting ‘empty’ walls as meticulously as the patterned ones. (On view in Chelsea through Feb 22nd). Michael Rakowitz, The invisible enemy should not exist (Room F, section 1, panel 15, Northwest Palace of Nimrud), Middle Eastern food packaging and newspapers, glue, cardboard on wooden structures, 2019.

[contremineur]

‘King Ashurnasirpal II makes an offering’ (sword handle detail of a monumental alabaster relief from the palace at Nimrud), Assyrian 859-838BC — now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

[zhirutum]

aint no party like an Ashurnasirpal party

[renehw]

Fragment of a limestone from Nimrud with cuneiform inscriptions about the building activities of the Neo-Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 BC), from @allardpierson in Amsterdam. This king made Nimrud the new capital of the Assyrian Empire in the 9th century BC; he ordered the construction of new palaces, temples, city walls and other buildings. This limestone might have served as a foundation deposit; it was a traditional practice in ancient Mesopotamia to bury such deposits under newly constructed buildings, to commemorate and glorify the ruler who had ordered construction and to ask the god for their protection and blessing. #allardpierson #allardpiersonmuseum #amsterdam #ashurnasirpal #ashurnasirpalii #assyrian #assyrianempire #neoassyrian #assyrianart #art #archaeology #archeology #archeologie #cuneiform #spijkerschrift #nimrud #iraq #history #museum #mesopotamia #limestone (bij Allard Pierson Museum) https://www.instagram.com/p/CGwh1QYHZIj/?igshid=f8pz21spgh2k

[etymopedia]

‏‎#آشورناصربال #ashurnasirpal ملك #اشور حكم ما بين (٨٨٣-٨٥٩ق.م) ورد ك(اشور_ناصر_اپلي) اي #أشور ناصر الوريث.. اشتهر بحملاته العسكرية لتقوية نفوذ الدولة في بلاد ارام ، حتى انه ذكر في #العهد_القديم من #التوراة.. #اتموبيديا ‎‏

[contremineur]

‘King Ashurnasirpal II makes an offering’ (incription detail of a monumental alabaster relief from the palace at Nimrud), Assyrian 859-838BC — now in the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge

[enricobaratella]

#assyria#art#alphabet#culture#nimrud#civilty#wing#ashurnasirpal#britishmuseum#instamood#intsapic#instagallery#uk#london#nineveh#assyrian