CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.

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AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT
CIRCA 8TH-7TH CENTURY B.C.
11 in. (27.9 cm.) long

Provenance

Likely from the collection of the Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, ME, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century (based on two collection labels reading "From Nineveh" affixed to backside).
with Norman Hurst (1944-2011), Cambridge, MA.
with Carole Davenport, New York, acquired from the above, 1983.
Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above, 1983; thence by descent to the current owner.

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Lot Essay

Likely from Sennacherib’s Southwest Palace at Nineveh, this fragment preserves a line of four captives walking to the left, the third carrying a bag over his shoulders. For a similar scene showing Babylonian captives wearing slightly different costumes, see the example now in the British Museum, no. 286b in R.D. Barnett, et al., Sculptures from the Southwest Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh.

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