Garden relief of Ashurbanipal

c. 645 BC · Assyria

A procession of musicians approaching courtiers before the wall of the palace garden at Nineveh, a rare glimpse of daily life at the Assyrian court.

Date

c. 645 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nineveh

Where it is today

British Museum, London

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