THE MESOPOTAMIAN

The Assyrian collection keeps works of the period from the reign of Assurnasirpal (885-860 b.C.), to Ashurbanipal, Ashur-Ban-Pal (=Assirya-All-King), 669-631 b.C.
Remarkable the word Ban that in Greek language becomes Pan, it reiminds to us those connection within cultures that Giovanni Barracco recomended to observe, (of course we can find a lot of words in the Greek language coming from Assirya).

Among the exhibits are highly suggestive findings dating from the reign of Ashurbanipal, from the palace of Nineveh, of which we see:

Grooms and horses in high harness;

Elamites warriors who are preparing for battle;

Elamites archers in full uniform;

Assyrian archers shell arrows;

Horsemen and slingers attack (reign of Sennacherib 708-691 BC);

The prey of the hunting.

From the palace of Nimrod, dating from the reign of Ashurnasirpal, comes the winged genius.

Finally significant two memorial pillars of the fifth century BC.