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Relief of Assyrian soldiers
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of Sennacherib
704–681 B.C.
Findspot: Iraq, Nineveh
Medium/Technique
Gypsum
Dimensions
Height x width: 44.5 x 45.4 cm (17 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Anna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession Number33.684
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Relief
DescriptionFragment of a procession of infantrymen who bear spears and round shields. A row of palms in the background. Low relief. Chipped and discolored from being in a fierce, open fire.
ProvenanceFrom Nineveh, Palace of Sennacherib, slab 22 (?) from Room XIX. Before 1932, A. Broomhall Willson Collection, sale: London, Sotheby, Antiquities, March 21, 1932, lot 55; 1933, with Dikran G. Kelekian, New York City; 1933, purchased by MFA from Kelekian (with 33.683 and 33.685) for $6,000.
(Accession Date: December 22, 1933)
(Accession Date: December 22, 1933)