Relief panel ca. 883-859 B.C. Assyrian This panel represents a supernatural protective figure similar to those seen in the Northwest Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) but comes from another important structure at the same site, the Ninurta Temple. Like the palace, the Ninurta Temple was built by Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 B.C.), and it is very likely that many of the same personnel were involved in producing the relief programs for the two buildings.Ninurta was an important god in the Mesopotamian pantheon. In origin he was an agricultural deity, but for the Assyrian kings it was his association with war and victory that gave him particular significance. One relief from the Ninurta Temple depicts the gods most famous mythological exploit—recovering the "Tablet of Destinies," on which was written the future of humanity, from the Anzu bird, a demon who often appears in art as a lion-headed eagle.The figure depicted here is winged and human-headed, and holds in his left hand part of a p

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Relief panel ca. 883-859 B.C. Assyrian This panel represents a supernatural protective figure similar to those seen in the Northwest Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) but comes from another important structure at the same site, the Ninurta Temple. Like the palace, the Ninurta Temple was built by Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 B.C.), and it is very likely that many of the same personnel were involved in producing the relief programs for the two buildings.Ninurta was an important god in the Mesopotamian pantheon. In origin he was an agricultural deity, but for the Assyrian kings it was his association with war and victory that gave him particular significance. One relief from the Ninurta Temple depicts the gods most famous mythological exploit—recovering the "Tablet of Destinies," on which was written the future of humanity, from the Anzu bird, a demon who often appears in art as a lion-headed eagle.The figure depicted here is winged and human-headed, and holds in his left hand part of a p

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