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Relief of youthful soldier
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sennacherib
704–681 B.C.
Findspot: Iraq, Nineveh, Palace of Sennacherib
Medium/Technique
Gypsum
Dimensions
Height x width: 28.7 x 29.4 cm (11 5/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit Line
Anna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession Number33.683
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Relief
DescriptionTrapezoidal fragment of relief of mounted Assyrian soldier, beardless and helmeted, facing left. Horse's head and neck preserved, rider preserved above waist. In the background a date palm. Flaked and broken, discolored from being in a fierce, open fire.
ProvenanceFrom Nineveh, Palace of Sennacherib, slab 12 from Room LXX. Before 1932, A. Broomhall Willson Collection, sale: London, Sotheby, Antiquities, March 21, 1932, lot 53; 1933, with Dikran G. Kelekian, New York City; 1933, purchased by MFA from Kelekian (with 33.684 and 33.685) for $6,000.
(Accession Date: December 22, 1933)
(Accession Date: December 22, 1933)