Description: The British Museum, Room 10 - Khorsabad Palace Reliefs and Assyrian Art
In this room there are reliefs from the palace and huge winged human-headed bulls from the city gates of the capital of Sargon II at Khorsabad. These lead to the Lachish Room with reliefs from the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib showing the siege of the Judaean city of Lachish, and from the North Palace of King Ashurbanipal (668-631 BC) in Nineveh. This includes the famous Lion Hunt reliefs, depicting a royal hunt, which have long been acclaimed as a masterpiece.
Author: Mujtaba Chohan
Source: British Museum Visit
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Description: The British Museum, Room 10 - Khorsabad Palace Reliefs and Assyrian Art In this room there are reliefs from the palace and huge winged human-headed bulls from the city gates of the capital of Sargon II at Khorsabad. These lead to the Lachish