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

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An image of 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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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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