Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

View on map:51.519465°N 0.127400°W

Comments

Discovered by Austen Henry Layard.

Description

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

The "Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III" is a black limestone Neo-Assyrian bas-relief sculpture from Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), in northern Iraq, commemorating the deeds of King Shalmaneser III (reigned 858-824 BC).

References

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III
Page 18 - Bahn, P., ed., 2008, The Great Archaeologists: Anness Publishing, London, 96p.

All text is available under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Average user rating: Not rated

Click on a star to rate

Você tem uma forma que você gostaria de se transformar em um aplicativo?

Por favor, compartilhe suas idéias conosco.

Wikiplacemarks.com Follow @wikiplacemarks

Black Obelisk of Shalmaneser III

Comments

Description

References

Você tem uma forma que você gostaria de se transformar em um aplicativo?

Wikiplacemarks.com

Follow @wikiplacemarks