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== Gallery == <gallery mode="packed" heights="170" caption="Items excavated from Nimrud, located in museums around the world"> File:Nimrud ivory lion eating a man.jpg|[[Nimrud ivory]] plaque, with original gold leaf and paint, depicting a [[lion]] killing a human ([[British Museum]]) File:Ashur-nasir-pal II Louvre AO19851.jpg|[[Ashurnasirpal II]] ([[Louvre]]) File:Ashurnasirpal II and a Winged Deity LACMA 66.4.3 (2 of 2).jpg|[[Ashurnasirpal II]] ([[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]) File:Assyrianlionhuntreliefnineveh.jpg|[[Assyrian lion]] hunt ([[Pergamon Museum|Pergamon]]) File:BM; RM6 - ANE, Assyrian Sculpture 32 -East (N), Centre Island + North Wall- ~ Assyrian Empire + -Lamassu, Stela's, Statue's, Obelisk's, Relief Panel's & Full Projection.1.jpg|[[Lamassu]], Stelas, Statue, Relief Panels, including the [[Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III]] ([[British Museum]]) File:BM; RM8 - ANE, Nimrud Palace Reliefs 75 South + East Wall (S) ~ Central Palace of Tiglath-pileser III (744-727 B.C) + Full Elevation & Viewing South.1.JPG|[[Lamassu]] of [[Tiglath-pileser III]] ([[British Museum]]) File:Britishmuseumassyrianreliefarchersnimrud.jpg|City under siege ([[British Museum]]) File:Britishmuseumassyrianrelieftwohorsemennimrud.jpg|Cavalry battle ([[British Museum]]) File:Eagle-Headed Deity LACMA 66.4.4 (2 of 2).jpg|Eagle-headed deity ([[Los Angeles County Museum of Art]]) File:The Gate of Nimrud (Metropolitan Museum).jpg|[[Lamassu]] ([[Metropolitan Museum of Art|Metropolitan Museum]]) File:Assyrian - Relief with Winged Genius - Walters 219.jpg|Relief with Winged Genius ([[Walters Art Museum]]) File:Nimrud ivories DSCF0042 03.JPG|Two [[Nimrud ivories]] made in Egypt ([[British Museum]]) File:Shamshi-Adad V-2.jpg|[[Stela of Shamshi-Adad V]], Height 195.2 cm, Width 92.5 cm, ([[British Museum]]) File:Guerrieri assiri che attaccano una cittร nemica, dal pal di tiglath-pileser III a Kalhu (Nimrud), VIII sec. ac. 02.JPG|Two archers ([[Hermitage Museum]]) File:A human-headed and winged apkallu holding a pine cone and bucket for religious rituals. From the North-West of Ashurnasipal II at Nimrud, Iraq, 883-859 BCE. Alabaster-bas relief. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul, Turkey.jpg|A human-headed and winged apkallu holding a pine cone and bucket for religious rituals ([[Museum of the Ancient Orient]]) File:Rilievi in alabastro da palazzo di ashurnasirpal II a nimrud, doppio registro, 883-859 ac ca. 02.JPG|[[Tree of life]] ([[Brooklyn Museum]]) File:Layard Nimrud Phoenician metal bowl - Plate 62 BM N.19 (with Phoenician inscription).jpg| The first publication of a [[Phoenician metal bowl]], one of 16 metal bowls from Nimrud with a Phoenician inscription (see letters on top sketch of the side profile) </gallery>
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