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Relief of youthful soldier
Relief of youthful soldier

Relief of youthful soldier

704–681 B.C.
FindspotNineveh, Iraq
Medium/TechniqueGypsum
DimensionsHeight x width: 28.7 x 29.4 cm (11 5/16 x 11 9/16 in.)
Credit LineAnna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession number33.683
On View
On view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Nineveh, Palace of Sennacherib, slab 12 from Room LXX. Before 1932, A. Broomhall Willson Collection, sale: London, Sotheby, Antiquities, March 21, 1932, lot 53; 1933, with Dikran G. Kelekian, New York City; 1933, purchased by MFA from Kelekian (with 33.684 and 33.685) for $6,000.
(Accession Date: December 22, 1933)