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Relief: battle scene
Relief: battle scene

Relief: battle scene

705–681 B.C.
FindspotNineveh, Iraq
Medium/TechniqueGypsum
DimensionsWidth x length: 64 x 84.5 cm (25 3/16 x 33 1/4 in.)
Credit LineCharles Amos Cummings Fund
Accession number60.134
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ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Nineveh (Kuyunjik), South-West Palace, Room XIX, slab 3. By 1851: excavated by 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; purchasedby the MFA through Spink and Son.
(Accession Date: November 16, 1959)