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—Burlington Magazine

Assyrian Palace Sculptures for the animal lover and gilt-metal threadPaul Collins, with photographs by Lisa Baylis and Sandra Marshall Between the ninth and seventh centuries BCE, the small kingdom of Assyria (present day northern Iraq) expanded through conquest from Egypt to Iran. The relief sculptures that decorated Assyrian palaces represent the high point of Mesopotamian art of the first millennium BCE, both for their artistic quality and their vivid depictions of warfare, rituals, mythology, hunting, and other