Produced in Assyria, ca. 720-700 BCE.
Found at Veii, Casale del Fosso necropolis (northwest of the city), without known context.
See Veii at Pleiades; PECS (Perseus); Attalus; en.Wikipedia)
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy (MiBACT; en.wikipedia).
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Produced in Assyria, ca. 720-700 BCE.
Found at Veii, Casale del Fosso necropolis (northwest of the city), without known context.
See Veii at Pleiades; PECS (Perseus); Attalus; en.Wikipedia)
Museo Nazionale Etrusco di Villa Giulia, Rome, Italy (MiBACT; en.wikipedia).
This photo is made available under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic (CC BY-NC-SA 2.0) license. You may not use the material for commercial purposes.
Tags: Assiria Assyria Assyrian 8th c. BCE late 8th c. BCE last quarter 8th c. BCE 4th quarter 8th c. BCE 2nd half 8th c. BCE 710s BCE 700s BCE bronze bronzo rhyton protome di leone pleiades:findspot=423116 Veii Veius Veio Veji Veyes Véies Veis Вейи Veios Βέιι toreutica assira lion's head doppia lamina di bronzo bronze sheet Rome Roma Italy Italia Villa Giulia museum museo musée μουσείο archaeological archeologico artifact display exhibit arkeoloji müzesi ancient antico Etruscan etrusco etruskisch Tuscus Etruscus étrusque Этруски ετρουσκικό Etrüskler Etruria
Ivory.
Mesopotamia, excavated at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Fort Shalmaneser, Room SW 37
Neo-Assyrian period, Syrian style, 9th-8th c. BCE
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (61.197.11)
Rogers Fund, 1961
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Neo-Assyrian alabastrine limestone relief from Room I of the North-West Palace of Assurnasirpal II (883-859 BCE), Nimrud (ancient Khalhu).
Vatican Museums, inv. 14989
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From the North Palace, Nineveh (Kuyunjik)
Reign of Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE)
Limestone
Museo Barracco, Rome, Italy
Inv. MB 53
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