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Relief of captive Babylonian women
Relief of captive Babylonian women

Relief of captive Babylonian women

705–681 B.C.
FindspotNineveh, Iraq
Medium/TechniqueGypsum
DimensionsWidth x length: 66 x 85 cm (26 x 33 7/16 in.)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Fund and funds donated by Horace L. Mayer
Accession number60.133
On View
On view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Nineveh (Kuyunjik), South-West Palace, Room XIX, slab 3. By 1851: excavated by Sir Austin Henry Layard (probably 1849-51) and taken to Canford Manor, home of Sir John Guest, Layard's father-in-law; 1959: sold at Sotheby and Company, November 16, 1959; 1959: purchased by the MFA through Spink and Son.
(Accession Date: November 16, 1959)