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Source Description
This steatite plaque depicts a winged genius (possibly the king) with a cone in one hand and a bucket in the other. He follows a eunuch, who is carrying a bow. The two figures in the scene commonly appear in Neo-Assyrian reliefs. The plaque is likely a copy of the alabaster reliefs from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. Peculiarities in the style, material, and scale of this object indicate that it may be a forgery.
Scholar Source Context
Document identity
localId
22080
label
Plaque with a King (?) and Winged Genius
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
22080
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Plaque with a King (?) and Winged Genius
description
This steatite plaque depicts a winged genius (possibly the king) with a cone in one hand and a bucket in the other. He follows a eunuch, who is carrying a bow. The two figures in the scene commonly appear in Neo-Assyrian reliefs. The plaque is likely a copy of the alabaster reliefs from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud. Peculiarities in the style, material, and scale of this object indicate that it may be a forgery.
provenance
Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1921, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P184]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1925 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
668-626 BCE or modern (Neo-Assyrian or modern)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
plaques (flat objects)
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensionsRaw
H: 5 1/4 in. (13.3 cm)
Source extras
cul
Neo-Assyrian or modern
med
black steatite
creator_ids
2071
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
mediaId
941ab0328e4f531a