He reigned over the Assyrian empire from 721 B.C. until his ... and consisted of five images arranged in a specific order-a lion, a bird, a bull, a fig tree, and a plow. The bird is thought ...

Assyrian scribes are often depicted in pairs. One writing in Akkadian on a cuneiform tablet, the other writing in Aramaic on a parchment or papyrus sheet. Among several bronze lion-weights found at ...