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Relief of Assyrian soldiers
Relief of Assyrian soldiers

Relief of Assyrian soldiers

704–681 B.C.
FindspotNineveh, Iraq
Medium/TechniqueGypsum
DimensionsHeight x width: 44.5 x 45.4 cm (17 1/2 x 17 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnna Mitchell Richards Fund
Accession number33.684
On View
On view
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
ProvenanceFrom Nineveh, Palace of Sennacherib, slab 22 (?) from Room XIX. Before 1932, A. Broomhall Willson Collection, sale: London, Sotheby, Antiquities, March 21, 1932, lot 55; 1933, with Dikran G. Kelekian, New York City; 1933, purchased by MFA from Kelekian (with 33.683 and 33.685) for $6,000.
(Accession Date: December 22, 1933)