Saluting Protective Spirit
https://clevelandart.org/art/1943.246
Striding forward with muscular arms and legs, this winged deity offers a gesture of salutation along with symbols of agricultural bounty. Inscribed with an account of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II's military conquests and victories, this relief once stood alongside hundre...
Sculpture
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122979
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sculpture
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citation
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en
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"Q60750136"
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import
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accession
1943.246
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Terms
Culture
Neo-Assyrian (911–609 BCE), Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)
Technique
gypsum
Medium
gypsum
Genre
Sculpture
Department
Egyptian and Ancient Near Eastern Art
Relations
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