Relief with Four Archers

2nd half 8th century BCE (Neo-Assyrian)

83.3 cm 106.6 cm 20.3 cm

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This black basalt orthostate is carved in low relief and depicts four archers, the front two bearded, marching to the right with bows over their left shoulders. They hold quivers on their backs and a staff in their hands (?).The surface is pock-marked and worn.

Sculpture

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33447
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Sale, Sotheby, London, July 12, 1971, no. 23 [as from Arslan Tash]; Walters Art Museum, 1971, by purchase.
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en
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2
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Provincial Assyrian
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