| Publication |
| Primary publication: |
Nineveh N Palace xxx |
| Author: |
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| Publication date: |
nd |
| Secondary publication(s): |
Stearns, John B., AfO 15 (1961) 41; Kantor in JNES XXI (1962) p. 110, fig. 15; Barnett in the Goldman Festschrift p. 227, fig. 2; Canby in Iraq XXXIII (1971); see also Rawlinson Five Great Monarchies (2nd edition, 1871) vol. I, p. 346-7, 398. |
| Citation: |
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| Author remarks: |
WAM: This relief from King Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh shows an Assyrian soldier kneeling next to a besieged Elamite city wall. Holding his round shield over him for protection, he scrapes at the mud-brick fortification with his dagger in order to we |
| Published collation: |
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| CDLI no.: |
P423464 |
| UCLA Library ARK |
21198/zz0029x01f
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| Source of original electronic files |
| Catalogue: |
20110709 szuchman |
| Transliteration: |
cdlistaff |
| Translation: |
no translation |
| Photo: |
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| Line Art: |
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| Collection Information |
| Owner: |
Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland, USA |
| Museum no.: |
WAM 21.0006 |
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| Acquisition history: |
Joseph Brummer, New York [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest. |
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| Text Content: |
| Genre: |
Royal/Monumental |
| Sub-genre: |
witness |
| Sub-genre remarks: |
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| Composite no.: |
needed |
| Language: |
Akkadian |
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| Physical Information |
| Object type: |
other (see object remarks) |
| Material: |
stone: alabaster |
| Object remarks: |
slab, relief |
| Measurements (mm): |
280 x 200 x 25 |
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| Provenience: |
| Provenience: |
Kalhu (mod. Nimrud) |
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| Chronology: |
| Period: |
Neo-Assyrian (ca. 911-612 BC) |
| Period remarks: |
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| Date of Origin: |
Assurbanipal.00.00.00 |
| Dates referenced: |
Assurbanipal.00.00.00 |
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