REIGN OF ASHURNASIRPAL II, 884-859 B.C., FROM KALHU (NIMRUD)
Details
An Assyrian gypsum inscribed relief fragment
Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 884-859 B.C., from Kalhu (Nimrud)
With 6 lines of cuneiform text from lines 12-18 of the 'standard inscription' of Ashurnasirpal II
4½ x 4 1/8 in. (10.8 x 10.5 cm.)
Reign of Ashurnasirpal II, 884-859 B.C., from Kalhu (Nimrud)
With 6 lines of cuneiform text from lines 12-18 of the 'standard inscription' of Ashurnasirpal II
4½ x 4 1/8 in. (10.8 x 10.5 cm.)
Provenance
Sir Austen Henry Layard; a label on the reverse, written in black ink, reads: "From Nineveh 1852".
Sold Christie's, London, 7 December 1994, lot 237.
Sold Christie's, London, 7 December 1994, lot 237.