The same formality, the same heaviness of outline, the same rigid adherence to the profile in all representations both of man and beast, characterize the reliefs of both reigns equally, so far as we have any means of judging.
Shalmaneser seems to have held his court ordinarily at Calah, where he built his palace and set up his obelisk; but sometimes he would reside for a time at Nineveh or at Asshur.

He does not appear to have built any important edifice at either of these two cities, but at the latter he left a monument which possesses some interest.

This is the stone statue, now in a mutilated condition, representing a king seated, which was found by Mr.Layard at Kileh-Sherghat, and of which some notice has already been taken.

Its proportions are better than those of the small statue of the monarch's father, standing in his sacrificial dress, which was found at Nimrud; and it is superior to that work of art, in being of the size of life; but either its execution was originally very rude, or it must have suffered grievously by exposure, for it is now wholly rough and unpolished.
The later years of Shahuaneser appear to have been troubled by a dangerous rebellion.

The infirmities of age were probably creeping upon him.