Neo-Assyrian wall panel
- Gallery: Room 10a
- Culture: Neo-Assyrian
- Date: 700BC-692BC
- Object type: wall panel, relief
- Materials: gypsum
- Museum number: 124910
- Museum: The British Museum
- Collection record: British Museum website
- Image © The Trustees of the British Museum, shared under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 licence.
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About this object
Before you is a Neo-Assyrian wall panel, carved from gypsum, depicting a powerful scene of prisoners brought before the king Sennacherib. Some are shown being executed, highlighting the often brutal realities of war and imperial power in ancient Assyria.
The intricate relief was excavated from the South West Palace in Nineveh, a site rich in Assyrian art and history. The figures and events depicted are closely associated with the historic city of Lachish.
Made during the years 700 to 692 BC, this panel is part of a larger set of Assyrian bas-reliefs. Though centuries old, the details are strikingly clear—offering a rare glimpse into the grandeur and severity of Assyrian royal life.
See it in person
Neo-Assyrian wall panel is on display in Room 10a at the British Museum on Great Russell Street, Bloomsbury, London — free to enter. Choose British Museum on audioguide.london and take a photo of it to hear this free audio guide in six languages — no app download needed.
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