Relief depicting a Eagle-headed protective spirit. 865-860 BC. From Northwest Palace. Nimrud. British Museum. London. United Kingdom.

860 BC • 865 BC • 9TH CENTURY BC • 9TH CENTURY • ALPHABET • ANATOMY: HEAD • ANCIENT AGE • ANCIENT ART • ANCIENT KALHU • ANCIENT • ANIMAL • ANIMALS • ANT. OR.: MESOPOTAMIA • ANTIQUE • ANTIQUITIES ORIENTAL: MESOPOTAMIA • ARCHAIC • ART • ARTS • ASHURNASIRPAL II • ASIA • ASSYRIA • ASSYRIAN • ASSYRIANS • AVES • BAS-RELIEF • BC BC BC • BEAK • BILL (INVOICE) • BILL OF SALE • BILL • BIRD • BIRDS • BOTTLE • CANTEEN • CARRYING • CASTLE • CITADEL • CITY OF LONDON • CITY WALL • CITYWALL • COMMERCE: BILL • CONTAINER • CORNER • CREATURE • CULT • CUNEIFORM WRITING • CUNEIFORM • CUNEIFORME • DEFENCE • DEFENSE • EAGLE HEAD • EAGLE • EAGLE-HEADED • EMBOSSED • ENGLAND'S • ENGLAND • EPIC • FANTASTIC • FANTASTICAL • FLASK • FORTIFICATION • FORTIFICATION: CITY WALL • FORTRESS • GENIE • GENIUS • GESSO CAST • GREAT BRITAIN • GUARDIAN • GUARDIANSHIP • GYPSUM • HAND • HANDS • HEAD (ANATOMY) • HEAD (BODY) • HEAD • HIGH WALL • HISTORIA UNIVERSAL • HISTORIA • HISTORY • IRAQ • KALHU • KING • LEGAL GUARDIAN • LEGEND • LONDON • LONDON. • MAIN • MESOPOTAMIA • MESOPOTAMIAN ART • MESOPOTAMIAN • MYTHOLOGICAL • MYTHOLOGY • NEO-ASSYRIAN • NIMRUD • NORTHERN IRAQ • NORTHWEST PALACE • OLD OLD OLD OLD STORY SEASON • OLD • PALACE • PALACIO • PALAIS • PALAZZO • PANEL • PATRONAGE • PHIAL • PLASTER • PROFILE • PROTECTION • PROTECTIVE SPIRIT • PROTECTIVE • PROTECTOR • REGISTRATION • RELIEF • RELIEFS • RELIEVE • RITE • RITUAL • ROCK • ROCKY • RULER • SCRIPTURE • SCULPTED • SCULPTING • SCULPTURE • SCULPTURE. • SPIRIT • SPOUT • STONE • STONES • SUMMIT • SWIFT • TALKATIVENESS • TEMPERA • TEMPLE • TEMPLES • U. K. • UK • VESSEL • VESSEL: BOTTLE • VESSEL: FLASK • VESSEL: PHIAL • WALL • WATER • WING • WINGED • WINGS • WOODPECKER • WRITING