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Relieve de Asurnasirpal II

ca. 883–859 BCE
Not on view
Las salas del palacio de Nimrud estaban decoradas con grandes losas de piedra esculpidas en bajorrelieve; las paredes y techos estaban pintados de brillantes colores y figuras escultóricas custodiaban las puertas. Aquí, el rey Asurnasirpal II, tocado con un bonete cónico rematado con un pico para indicar su dignidad real, sostiene en la mano izquierda un arco que simboliza su autoridad, y en la mano derecha un recipiente para ofrendas rituales. El servidor que le hace frente despeja el aire alrededor del monarca con un espantamoscas y sostiene un cucharón para reabastecer el cuenco del rey. La serena compostura de las figuras refleja el carácter ritual de la escena.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Relieve de Asurnasirpal II
  • Periodo: Periodo neoasirio, reinado de Asurnasirpal II
  • Fecha: ca. 883–859 a. C.
  • Geografía: Mesopotamia, excavado en Kalhu (actual Nimrud)
  • Material: Yeso de alabastro
  • Dimensiones: a. 234,3 cm
  • Crédito: Donación de John D. Rockefeller Jr., 1932
  • Número de inventario: 32.143.4
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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