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Relief panel

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Relief panel

Period:: Neo-Assyrian
Date:: ca. 883–859 B.C.
Geography:: Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Culture:: Assyrian
Medium:: Gypsum alabaster
Dimensions:: 64 5/8 x 49 1/2 x 3 1/2 in. (164.1 x 125.7 x 8.9 cm)
Classification:: Stone
Credit Line:: Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Accession Number:: 17.190.2081

This artwork is currently on display in Gallery 401

Provenance

1911, purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan from Galerie Alexandre Imbert, Rome; acquired by the Museum in 1917, gift of J. Pierpont Morgan.
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Who
Assyrian (467)
What
Sculpture (24,350)

Stone (7,986)

Reliefs (3,153)

Panels (2,843)

Gypsum (1,223)

Alabaster (1,191)
Where
Asia (68,071)

Iraq (2,493)

Nimrud (315)
When
1000 B.C.-A.D. 1 (23,148)
In the Museum
Ancient Near Eastern Art (6,170)
Heilbrunn Timeline of Art History
Mesopotamia, 1000 B.C.–1 A.D.
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