Assyrian Soldiers

Illustration

by Jan van der Crabben
published on 16 September 2014

Assyrian Soldiers — Assyrian soldiers armed with shield, spear, and helmet (c. 700-692 BCE). They represent the army of King Sennacherib of Assyria (reigned 705-681 BCE) marching on Lachish, an ancient town about 40 km from Jerusalem. This image is part of a series of reliefs depicting the siege and capture of the town, from the walls of Sennacherib's palace in Nineveh.

British Museum, London, UK.

About the Author

Jan is the Founder and CEO of Ancient History Encyclopedia, leading the non-profit company to best fulfil its mission to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. He holds an MA War Studies from King's College.

License

Uploaded by Jan van der Crabben, published on 16 September 2014 under the following license: CC BY-NC-SA. This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon this content non-commercially, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.

Remove Ads

Advertise Here

Related Images

Image

Cite This Work

APA Style

Crabben, J. V. D. (2014, September 16). Assyrian Soldiers. Ancient History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3035/

Chicago Style

Crabben, Jan V. D. "Assyrian Soldiers." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 16, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3035/.

MLA Style

Crabben, Jan V. D. "Assyrian Soldiers." Ancient History Encyclopedia. Ancient History Encyclopedia, 16 Sep 2014. Web. 23 Jan 2020.

Remove Ads

Advertise Here

Support Us

We are a non-profit organization.

Our mission is to engage people with cultural heritage and to improve history education worldwide. Please support Ancient History Encyclopedia Foundation. Thank you!

Donate