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Figura de un portador de tributo

ca. 8th century BCE
Not on view
Desde el siglo IX hasta el siglo VII a. C., los asirios dominaron Mesopotamia, Siria, el Levante y, durante un corto periodo, Egipto. Tributos de todas clases y hábiles artesanos afluyeron a las capitales asirias desde los confines del imperio. La figura aquí representada lleva regalos de su tierra natal para el rey asirio: un mono, un órice (antílope africano) y una piel de leopardo, todos ellos animales originarios de los territorios situados al sur de Egipto. Este portador de tributo, tal vez un ornamento de un mueble regio, exhibe características del estilo fenicio como lo demuestra el marcado aire egipcio de su postura y de sus rasgos faciales.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Título: Figura de un portador de tributo
  • Periodo: Periodo neoasirio
  • Fecha: ca. 800–700 a. C.
  • Geografía: Mesopotamia, excavada en Kalhu (actual Nimrud)
  • Material: Marfil
  • Dimensiones: a. 13,5 cm
  • Crédito: Fondo Rogers, 1960
  • Número de inventario: 60.145.11
  • Curatorial Department: Ancient West Asian Art

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