Relief of eagle-headed demon from palace of Assur-nasirpal II

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Architectural element. Relief of eagle-headed demon from palace of Assur-nasirpal II. Production Place: Nimrud. Find Spot: Kalhu (Nimrud), Assyria (Iraq). Alabaster, height 0.39 m, width 0.32 m, 883 B.C. to 859 B.C. Reign of Ashurnasirpal II. Neo-Assyrian.

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Accession Number: ANE.1.1908
Photograph copyright © The Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge.
Aperture: f/16.0
Focal length: 50
Camera: NIKON D800
Photographer name: Image Library
Image height: 856 pixels
Image width: 1024 pixels
Processed with: Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 5.0 (Windows)
Filesize: 169.03kB
Exposure time: 1/60
ISO Speed: 200
Fnumber: 16/1
Captured: 2015:11:16 17:17:12

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9th Century alabaster antiquity architectural element Ashur-nasir-pal II Ashurnasirpal II Assur-nasirpal II Assyrian Assyrian Empire Assyrians BC birds demons devils eagles Fitz_ANT low relief Neo-Assyrian Nimrud relief sculpture winged wings

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