Ashurnasirpal
A bas relief in stone showing Ashurnasirpal II being anointed by a magical figure, perhaps a priest, dressed in the head and wings of an eagle.
Ashurnasirpal II made Calah (Nimrud) his capital city, employing more than 50,000 prisoners in the work of reconstruction. A. H. Layard, excavating Nimrud in 1845, uncovered the royal palace with its colossal statuary. Ashurnasirpal II was succeeded in 859 B.C. by his son Shalmaneser III, who reigned for 35 years.
Elwell, Walter A., and Barry J. Beitzel. Baker encyclopedia of the Bible 1988 : 216. Print.
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