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Source Description
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.
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Document identity
localId
33447
label
Relief with Four Archers
core
obj
dtoType
sculpture
citationUrl
pageCount
2
Source metadata
id
33447
sourceUrl
contentType
sculpture
stage
normalized
title
Relief with Four Archers
description
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.
provenance
Sale, Sotheby, London, July 12, 1971, no. 23 [as from Arslan Tash]; Walters Art Museum, 1971, by purchase.
date
2nd half 8th century BCE (Neo-Assyrian)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Sculpture
reliefs
orthostats
imageCount
2
pageCount
2
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
106.6
height
83.3
depth
20.3
dimensionsRaw
H: 41 15/16 x W: 32 13/16 x Minimum D: 8 in. (106.6 x 83.3 x 20.3 cm); Maximum D: 9 in. (22.9 cm); Weight: 1000 lb. (453.6 kg)
style
Provincial Assyrian
Source extras
cul
Neo-Assyrian
med
basalt
creator_ids
7763
collection_ids
ANE
exhibition_ids
none
Page inventory
seq
1
type
photo
mediaId
39bec33119527cf2
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no
seq
2
type
photo
mediaId
910fb9e6769f8156
hasOcr
no
hasDescription
no