Iraq / Mesopotamia: King Ashurnasirpal II (883 - 859 BCE) with attendants and a soldier, fired clay tile, Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Kalhu / Nimrud, 9th Century BCE, British Museum, London

Nimrud is the later Arab name for an ancient Assyrian city located 30 kilometres (20 mi) south of the city of Mosul in the Nineveh plains in northern Mesopotamia. It was a major Assyrian city between approximately 1250 BCE and 610 BCE.

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