Assyrian Archers

Illustration

by Jan van der Crabben
published on 16 September 2014

Send to Google Classroom:

Assyrian Archers — Assyrian archers firing on the enemy during the siege of Lachish. Each archer was protected from enemy fire by a shield bearer. The pointy pattern in the background means that this scene is happening in the mountains.

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.

Palace relief, c. 700-692 BCE. British Museum, London, UK.

Remove Ads

About the Author

Jan van der Crabben

Jan is the Founder and CEO of World 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: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike. 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.

Related Images

Image

Cite This Work

APA Style

Crabben, J. V. D. (2014, September 16). Assyrian Archers. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.ancient.eu/image/3036/assyrian-archers/

Chicago Style

Crabben, Jan V. D. "Assyrian Archers." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 16, 2014. https://www.ancient.eu/image/3036/assyrian-archers/.

MLA Style

Crabben, Jan V. D. "Assyrian Archers." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 16 Sep 2014. Web. 09 Apr 2021.

Remove Ads

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 World History Encyclopedia Foundation. Thank you!

Donate