THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF OF TWO MEN WALKING PAST A PALM TREE, the bearded man on the right wearing a head band, holding two water/wine skins in front of him, the man in front of him with a similar skin slung over his back, his left arm (shown with a right hand) by his side, with palm branches scattered around their feet, reign of Ashurbanipal (668-627 B.C.)
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AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF OF TWO MEN WALKING PAST A PALM TREE, the bearded man on the right wearing a head band, holding two water/wine skins in front of him, the man in front of him with a similar skin slung over his back, his left arm (shown with a right hand) by his side, with palm branches scattered around their feet, reign of Ashurbanipal (668-627 B.C.)
15 x 6¾in. (38.2 x 17.1cm.), ½in. (0.5cm.) thick
15 x 6¾in. (38.2 x 17.1cm.), ½in. (0.5cm.) thick
Provenance
From Court J in Ashurbanipal's North Palace at Nineveh, probably from slabs 10-12
Sir Austen Henry Layard and by descent to his great grand nephew
Sir Austen Henry Layard and by descent to his great grand nephew
Literature
Cf. R. D. Barnett, Sculptures from the North Palace of Ashurbanipal, London, 1976, pl. XXX; J. Reade, Assyrian Sculpture, The British Museum, London, 1983