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Tile: figure with streams of water flowing from jars held in his hand
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian Period
883–612 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Painted or glazed terracotta
Credit Line
William Stevenson Smith Fund, Marilyn M. Simpson Fund, Morris and Louise Rosenthal Fund, Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund and funds by exchange from the Hay Collection—Gift of C. Granville Way
Accession Number1997.189
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Tile and inlays
Description"Wall paintings from provincial Assyrian palaces; Assyrian borderlands." A beardless male figure or a female figure with streams of "purifying" water flowing from jars held in his/her hand.
ProvenanceAbraham collection, New York [see note]. 1997, sold by Merrin Gallery, New York, to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 19, 1997)
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of purchase. The tile is said to have been acquired from an English collection in the 1950s.
NOTE: According to the dealer at the time of purchase. The tile is said to have been acquired from an English collection in the 1950s.