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Army crossing un river in coracles
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sculpture | Second quarter of IXe century BC
Nimrud (Kalhu), Mésopotamie ( Irak )

sculpture | Second quarter of IXe century BC
Nimrud (Kalhu), Mésopotamie ( Irak )
Gypsum wall panel relief (Panel 10) excavated from North West Palace, Room B Nimrud (Kalhu), Irak. Excavated by Sir Austen Henry Layard, shipped to England in H.M.S. ’Jumna’ after an adventurous earlier voyage in 1848 (cf. ’Athenaeum’ 1848, p.1152 f., no.14).
The panel shows the crossing of a river of Ashurnasirpal II’s army. Horses swim, led by grooms, while a chariot, bed and jar are carried on coracles (transport baskets). Figures are shown complete and not half submerged which is typical of Assyrian art. There is an inscription written in cuneiform script.
Width: 213.36 centimetres
Height: 91.44 centimetres
Date
865BC-860BC
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