Public-domain art from Assyrian
139 public-domain plates · 17th century BCE to 6th century BCE
139 public-domain works from Assyrian spanning the 17th century BCE to 6th century BCE, drawn from museum open-access programmes and released under CC0 or an equivalent public-domain flag. Free to download and reuse.
Subjects covered
Museum sources
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Stamp seal (tabloid) with contest scene
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Relief panel
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Lid fragment
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Cuneiform tablet: purchase of date-palm orchard
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Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene and demon
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Two strips
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a falcon-headed figure
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Sherd
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Openwork furniture plaque with the head of a feline
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Bottle
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Fragmentary cuneiform inscription
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Inlay
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Inlay
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Brick
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Ring
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Arrowhead
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Cylinder seal with monsters
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Panel with a tree pattern
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Three border strips
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Relief panel
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Button
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Relief plaque
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Inlays: white rosettes on blue backgrounds
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Relief panel
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Relief panel
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Plaque with griffin
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Incised furniture plaque with a frieze of lotus blossoms and buds
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Cylinder seal (with pin preserved) with animal-monster contest scene
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Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
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Brick with inscription of Ashurbanipal describing building work on Ekur, the temple of the god Enlil at Nippur
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Cuneiform tablet: fragment of a medical text
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Cylinder seal with chariot war scene
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Figurine of animal (dog or mushhushshu)
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Inlay
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Relief panel
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Knob
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Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene
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Apkallu figure: bird-headed, winged figure carrying a bucket
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Head and foreleg of a snarling lion
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Bowl
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Drinking vessel ("istikan")
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Plaque with a striding sphinx
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Border strip
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Ivory fragment
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Cloisonné furniture plaque with two griffins in a floral landscape
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Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute tree
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Palace Ware bowl
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Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid, worn) with cultic scene
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Plaque with ram
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Patterned frieze
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Raw material
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Bowl fragment with a procession
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Amulet with fighting demons; on reverse: Ishtar enthroned and worshiper
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Cylinder seal with mythological contest scene
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Weight in the shape of a duck
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Cylinder seal with monsters
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Head of a male or female figure
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Pot with handle
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Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for reeds and sheep, Ebabbar archive
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Plaque fragment
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Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver
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Tube
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Knob
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Shell fragment
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Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
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Head of a male figure
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Armor plate
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Openwork plaque with a hybrid tree
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Knob with an eight-petaled rosette
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Armor plate
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Cylinder seal with hunting scene
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Handle with two heads of ducks
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Plaque carved in relief with Egyptianizing creature
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Cylinder seal with animal and divine symbols
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Sherd
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a male figure slaying a griffin
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Furniture elements
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Cuneiform prism: inscription of Esarhaddon
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Furniture or cosmetic box plaque carved in the round with striding bull
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Palace Ware bowl
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Miniature corbel in the shape of a hand
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Plaque with tribute bearers
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Bottle
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Relief panel
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Head
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Vessel sherd with geometric decoration
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Cylinder seal with hunting scene
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Openwork furniture plaque with winged sphinx
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Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth
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Cylinder seal with monsters
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Cuneiform tablet: list of witnesses
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a striding, falcon-headed winged sphinx supported by two kneeling figures
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Plaque with tribute bearers
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Stamp seal (conoid) with cultic scene
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Decorative boss
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Human-headed winged bull (lamassu)
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Incised furniture plaque with two figures in two registers
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Relief panel
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Brick fragment with a guilloche design
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Armor plates
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Ivory fragment
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Armor plate
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Horse frontlet carved in relief with a female figure flanked by lions
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Relief panel
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Furniture element carved in the round
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a “woman at the window”
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Openwork furniture plaque with sphinx striding through a floral landscape
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Incised horse frontlet carved into the shape of a flowering, volute palmette tree
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with stylized tree
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Furniture ornaments
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Brick fragment with a guilloche design
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Cylinder seal with three-figure contest scene
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Stamp seal (cubical) with animals, monsters, and divine symbols
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Inlay
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Armor plate
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Inlay
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Handle of a flywhisk or fan
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Plaque with robed priests leading animals
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a winged female figure and a “sacred tree”
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Reclining calf: lid attachment
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Cuneiform tablet: promissory note for silver
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Openwork furniture plaque with a male youth
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Openwork furniture plaque with sphinx
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Inlay
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Drinking vessel ("istikan")
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Rosette
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Cuneiform cylinder: inscription of Esarhaddon
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Button
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Armor plate
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Stamp seal (octagonal pyramid) with cultic scene
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Cylinder seal with cultic scene
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Inlay
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Hand Drummer
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