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The Rassam obelisk from Nimrud, Mesopotamia, northern Iraq. Neo-Assyrian, 883-859 BCE. This fragment of a stone relief formed part of an obelisk discovered by archaeologist Hormuzd Rassam. The obelisk decorated one of the central squares in Nimrud, the site where King Ashurbanipal II chose to build his new administrative centre of the Assyrian Empire. This panel shows the king watching treasure being weighed on a pair of scales. ANE, 118800.
Location
British Museum/London/Great Britain
Unique Identifier
ART200665
Type
Image
Purpose
Public
Size
5135px × 3400px
Photo Credit
Erich Lessing / Art Resource, NY
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9th century BCE
Ashurbanipal (668-627 BCE), King
Neo-Assyrian (883–612 BCE)
Obelisk
Relief
Scale, Weighing
Treasure
Weighing and Weights