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Source Description
This relief from King Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh shows a Neo-Assyrian soldier kneeling next to a besieged Elamite city wall. Holding his round shield over him for protection, he scrapes at the mud-brick fortification with his dagger in order to weaken the structure. During Ashurbanipal's reign in the final years of Assyria's military glory, large-scale siege scenes covered the palace walls.
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Document identity
localId
28518
label
Relief of a Kneeling Soldier
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
3
Source metadata
id
28518
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Relief of a Kneeling Soldier
description
This relief from King Ashurbanipal's palace at Nineveh shows a Neo-Assyrian soldier kneeling next to a besieged Elamite city wall. Holding his round shield over him for protection, he scrapes at the mud-brick fortification with his dagger in order to weaken the structure. During Ashurbanipal's reign in the final years of Assyria's military glory, large-scale siege scenes covered the palace walls.
provenance
[Nineveh, North Palace, Room F, slab 15, uncovered ca. 1854-56]; Ugo Jandolo, Rome, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, New York and Paris, 1925, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P2318]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1927, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
668-627 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
imageCount
3
pageCount
3
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
28
height
20
depth
2.5
dimensionsRaw
H: 11 x W: 7 7/8 x D: 1 in. (28 x 20 x 2.5 cm)
Source extras
cul
Neo-Assyrian
reign
Ashurbanipal (668-626 BC)
med
calcite-alabaster
creator_ids
7763
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
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1
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photo
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86144523ee96bf5e
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no
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no
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2
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photo
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2674258f4ca948f7
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no
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no
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3
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photo
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0add54e7170a630f
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no
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no