AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM STATUETTE OF A KING, standing, with vertically striated beard and wearing a long robe with diagonal flounces, a rolled belt at the waist, his left arm bent and holding a mace to his breast, his right hand holding a crooked staff by his side, on oval base, head missing, 9th Century B.C.

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AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM STATUETTE OF A KING, standing, with vertically striated beard and wearing a long robe with diagonal flounces, a rolled belt at the waist, his left arm bent and holding a mace to his breast, his right hand holding a crooked staff by his side, on oval base, head missing, 9th Century B.C.
5½in. (14cm.) high

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Cf. C. J. du Ry, Art of the Ancient Near and Middle East, New York, 1969, p. 97 for a similar statue of King Ashurnasirpal II (883-859 B.C.)

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