860 BC ASSYRIAN PLATE

A carved plate depicting a scene from Assyrian mythology in which the monster Anzu steals the Tablet of Destinies before being killed by the god Ninurta. Reliefs of this kind lined a temple entrance at Nimrud.

The card

• Date — 860 BC
• Where — Attributed to Nimrud, Iraq, where similar reliefs lined a temple entrance. 36.0981, 43.3289 — approximate
• Evidence grade — WEB-PHOTO

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