Excavations provide information on the architecture and decoration of these palaces and objects used and stored within them. Such sources can provide information on Assyrian kingship, but their use is unfortunately hampered by methodological problems (查看原文)
It was the most monumental and sumptuously decorated building of the empire and perhaps the entire NE at the time of its inauguration...The palace is primarily known for the introduction of decorated stone reliefs. Their use was probably inspired by the states west of Assyria who had been using reliefs for some time. Ashurnasipal first had them made after his campaigns to the west. Whether this formed the direct inspiration is not clear. (查看原文)
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