REIGN OF ASHURBANIPAL, 668-631 B.C.

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A NEO-ASSYRIAN FRAGMENTARY LIMESTONE RELIEF
REIGN OF ASHURBANIPAL, 668-631 B.C.
Preserving the arm and bow of an archer and part of another figure below, his elbow sharply bent with the musculature of his forearm defined, his head lost but for some hair on the back of his head, wearing a sash across his upper body, a belt and a kilt, his sword hilt projecting behind; together with a fragmentary gypsum cuneiform panel, likely from the reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 883-859 B.C.
7 in. (17.8 cm.) high (2)

Provenance

One from Nineveh, one from Nimrud, acquired by the Rev. E.R. Beader, Hartford, early 20th century (according to labels affixed to the reverse).
Found in an abandoned trunk, West Hartford, Connecticut, 1970.

Lot Essay

For a more complete relief illustrating the battle of Til-Tuba between the Assyrians and Elamites of southern Iran, see nos. 20-22, pp.74-75 in Curtis and Reade, eds., Art and Empire, Treasures from Assyria in the British Museum.
The cuneiform panel not illustrated.

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