Iraq Collection (page 7)

Relief of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II or Northwest Palace
Mesopotamian art. Assyrian. Relief of the palace of Ashurnasirpal II or Northwest Palace at Nimrud. Alabaster. Dated 883-859 B.C. It depicts the lion hunt. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Orthostates from the Palace of Nineveh. Alabaster. 704-689 B
Mesopotamian art. Assyrian. Orthostates with reliefs in the side walls of a ramp from the Palace of Nineveh. Alabaster. 704-689 B.C. It shows Assyrian officers and courtiers carrying a mobile throne

Mesopotamia. Ceramic lid of an incense burner with inscriptions written in Aramaic. Dated between 1st century B.C. and 2nd century B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin

Mesopotamian art. Neo-Assyrian Period (912-612 BC). Waterbasin from the Temple of Ashur. 704-681 B.C. Basalt. Decorated with reliefs depicting the rituals of water. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Cuneiform writing. Clay tablets written with prayers and rituals against the evil eye and the vision of the underworld. 9th-7th Centuries B.C. Pergamon Museum. Berlin. Germany

Relief depicting a eagle-headed protective spirit. Nimrud
Relief depicting a Eagle-headed protective spirit. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Relief depicting a siege of a city. Nimrud
Relief depicting a siege of a city. 728 BC. Central Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Alabaster panel of king Tiglath-Pileser III
Alabaster panel depicting King Tiglath-Pileser III in his chariot under an umbrella and a cuneiform inscription which related their campaigns, taking the city of Astartu. 730-727 BC

Assyrian figure of an attendant god. Nimrud
Limestone figure of an attendant god. 811-783 BC. Neo-assyrian. From the Temple of Nabu, from Nimrud (Iraq). Detail. British Museum. London. United Kingdom

Dried Fruit
Dried fruit: seedless dried raisins and selected dates, product of Iraq, packed in Britain. Date: 1930s

General Service 1923
GENERAL SERVICE MEDAL 1923 (includes service in Iraq) Date: 1927

Iraq / Archaeology / Various
A whole variety of artifacts, and reliefs, both in situ and alone, from many of the major sites of ancient Iraq. These include Kalhu (Tell Nimrud) and Nineveh (Tell Kuyunjik)

Iraq / Babylon / Calmet s
The city of BABYLON, after the descriptions by Herodotus and Kircher; the hanging gardens are in the centre, the Tower on the right : the Euphrates runs round the city

Botha at Khorsabad
The site of Dur-Sharrukin (now caled Khorsabad) was excavated by Paul Emile Botta and Victor Place in the 19th century. The city was founded by Sargon the King of Assyria in 717 BC. Date: 1846

Iraq / Archaeology / Kalhu
Entrance to the temple, High Mound, Kalhu (Tell Nimrud). Date: 1852

Iraq / Archaeology / Nineveh
Iron artifacts found in excavations at the site of ancient Nineveh. These include a chain, a socketed pick head and ring-mounted hooks. Date: 1874

Iraq / Tell Afar
An engraving showing Layards camp close to Tell Afer. Recent excavations close by at Qermez Dere have revealed evidence of an early Aceramic Neolithic settlement. Date: 1849

Iraq / Archaeology / Mosul
Excavations in progress at the site of ancient Mosul. Around 400 AD, the city of Mosul began to eclipse the dominant city of Nineveh, on the other side of the Tigris

Iraq / Khatouniyah
A view across the Lake and Island at Khatouniyah. Little is known about this site, but the high Tell deposits would suggest a long period of human occupation at the site. Date: 1853

City of Newcastle steamship, Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq
City of Newcastle, Ellerman-Hall Line steamship, at Margil Wharf, Basra, Iraq. Date: circa 1933

Puabis Diadem and Headdress from the Royla Graves at Ur, Iraq - excavated by Sir Leonard Woolley. Date: 1928

Khafaje Statuary - Sumerian and Akkadian. Khafajah or Khafaje (ancient Tutub) is an archaeological site in Diyala Province (Iraq). It was part of the city-state of Eshnunna. Date: 1932

Excavatons at the Sumerian site of Kish
Excavatons at the Sumerian Palace site of Kish. A general view from the remains of the Ziggurat, the Court and Pillared Wall, The Grand Hall of Columns and a variety of mudbricks found at the site

Sumerian Sculpture About 3000 B. C
A page from The Illustrated London News, 9 June 1934 issue, with an article by Dr Henry Frankfort, Director of the Iraq Expedition of the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago

Sumerian Cult-Statues
Two of the twelve statues found during excavations at Tell Asmar, fifty miles north-east of Baghdad. On the left is the Lord of Fertility, and to the left, the Mother Goddess

Amphibian biplane, Vickers Vulture II, Iraq
Amphibian biplane, Vickers Vulture II, at Djaliba (Jalibah), Iraq, on 21 April 1924, during an unsuccessful round the world flight attempt. Date: 1924

Fowls of the Air
A British biplane flies over Fallujeh, on the Euphrates river, Iraq. It is returning to the town of Hit with supplies purchased from market, a number of dead fowls, unplucked

Hunting scenes Assyrian relief
Hunting scenes of Ashurbanipal. Assyrian art. Relief on rock. UNITED KINGDOM. ENGLAND. London. The British Museum. Proc: IRAQ. NINEVEH. Kuyunjik. Nineveh. Palace of Ashurbanipal

Dividing the Finds - Iraq - Archaeology - Gertrude Bell

Gertrude Bell looking out into the desert - Iraq

Gertrude Bell beside her Aeroplane

The Naqibs House, Baghdad, Iraq

The Standard of the Anazeh

King Faisal I of Iraq among the Dulaim

Sir Hugh Bell in Gertrudes Sitting Room - Baghdad, Iraq
Sir Hugh Bell (1844-1931) in Gertrude Bells (1868-1926) Sitting Room - Baghdad, Iraq

The River Tigris, Iraq

An Anglo-Indian column in Baghdad during World War I
British-Indian troops marching through Baghdad during the First World War. Date: 1918

British Army in Mesopotamia, protection from insects, WW1
A British officer serving in Mesopotamia finds a solution to the fly problem while writing a letter. Date: 1916

Indian transport in Mesopotamia, 1916
Scenes with the British Army in Mesopotamia. Indian transport passing down a lane in Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq) during the First World War. Date: 1916

Building the Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

The Baghdad Railway, Iraq
The Baghdad Railway (German: Bagdadbahn ), built from 1903 to 1940, was planned to connect Berlin with the (then) Ottoman Empire city of Baghdad with a 990 mile line through modern-day Turkey

Baghdad Railway Station, Iraq - WWI era Date: circa 1917

Christmas Postcard from the 512 Field Survey Company, M.E.F. (Middle Eastern Force) - serving The Middle East. The badges/flags of the regions/areas covered by (and in alliance with) the Co

Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-E
Tigris River, Iraq - The Tomb of the Prophet Ezra at Al-Uzair. The present buildings (depicted here), which unusually comprise a joint Muslim and Jewish shrine

Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu, Iraq
The Ziggurat of Dur-Kurigalzu at Aqar Quf, Iraq - built in the 14th century BC by the Kassite King Kurigalzu. Date: circa 1910s

Al-Kut - Iraq
Al-Kut (Kut al-Imara or Kut El Amara)) - city in eastern Iraq, on the left bank of the Tigris River. Showing the famous Minaret of the Mosque

Iraq - Basra - Low Water in the Ashar Creek Date: 1918

Iraq - Basra - Bridge over the Khora Creek Date: 1918

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