REIGN OF SENNACHERIB, CIRCA 705-681 B.C.

Details

AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT
REIGN OF SENNACHERIB, CIRCA 705-681 B.C.
22 in. (55.8 cm.) long

Provenance

From Room LXX at the Southwest Palace, Nineveh.
Antiquities, Sotheby's, London, 13 July 1970, lot 20.
Strohl, acquired from the above (according to auctioneer's book).
with Baron Frederic (Freddy) Rolin (1919-2001), New York.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above, 1981; thence by descent to the current owner.

Literature

"Dr. Vallo Benjamin, M.D., P.C. - Profile," Nineveh, vol. 18, nos. 1-2, 1995, p. 6, ill. cover.
R.D. Barnett, E. Bleibtreu and G. Turner, Sculptures from the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh, London, 1998, vol. I, p. 132, no. 650c; vol. II, pl. 469.

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Lot Essay

On this large relief, an Assyrian warrior on horseback rides to the left through a grove of date palms. He is fully armed with a conical helmet, a quiver over his shoulders, a sword at his waist and a lance in his hand. Mounted warriors similarly equipped appear frequently on the reliefs from Sennacherib’s Southwest Palace, most often either standing beside their mounts or in full combat mode (see figs. 71 and 73 in J.M. Russell, Sennacherib's Palace Without Rival at Nineveh).

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