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Ninurta and Anzu: A Neo-Assyrian Vision of Order Against Chaos

Myth, Kingship, and the Assyrian Struggle to Restore Cosmic Balance

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Jun 19, 2026
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Alabaster wall panel relief showing the monster Anzu facing left; part of group as follows: alabaster wall panel reliefs showing god and monster; the god is Ninurta, chief god of the city of Nimrud a…
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