After more than a year of planning, a piece of art that has been in storage for many years is now on display in our hallway in Allen:
Neo-Assyrian Relief from North West Palace at Nimrud (Iraq)
865-860 BCE
Cast of original gypsum in British Museum (inv. no. 124534)
Ashurnasirpal II hunting lions. Two attendants, wearing conical
helmets, and armed with bows and shields, stand ready to assist.
Gift of Metropolitan Museum of Art
Stop by to see it next time you are in the area!
Classical Studies