Ashurnasirpal [II] - Ashurnasirpal

Japanese: アッシュールナシルパル[２世] - あっしゅーるなしるぱる

... In the first millennium BC, successive kings expanded their territories one after another, and art suddenly began to take on a more splendid appearance (Late Assyrian period). The 9th century BC conqueror Ashurnasirpal II (reigned 883-859 BC) built a new capital at Kalhu (now Nimrud) and constructed the large Northwest Palace. An alabaster guardian statue with a human face and a beast body was placed at the main entrance of the palace, and the area around the throne room and the central courtyard were decorated with numerous alabaster orthostats (pictorial stone slabs) with thin reliefs. ...

From Mesopotamia

... After the mid-10th century BC, Assyria achieved great development. Ashurnasirpal II founded Kalhu (now Nimrud) on the Tigris River. During the second half of the 8th century BC, under Tiglath-pileser III, a great empire was established that extended from the Mediterranean Sea to Babylonia. ...

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Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…　前1千年紀に入ると，歴代諸王が版図を逐次拡大し，美術も突如として華やかな様相を呈するようになる(後期アッシリア時代)。前9世紀の征服王アッシュールナシルパル2世Assurnasirpal II(在位，前883‐前859)は，カルフKalhu(現，ニムルド)に新都を造営し，大規模な北西宮殿を建設した。宮殿の主要な入口には，アラバスター製の人面獣身の守護像が置かれ，また玉座室を中心とする一画と中心の中庭とは，薄肉浮彫を施した多数のアラバスター製オルトスタトorthostat(画像石板)で飾られた。…