Relief with Winged Genius (Apkallu)

883-859 BCE (Neo-Assyrian)

99.1 cm 199.4 cm 15.2 cm

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The genius (apkallu) was a benevolent deity, who also had a protective function. His elaborate garments, with intricate depictions of animal hunts and ritual scenes along the edges, are the typical apparel of courtiers in the palace of King Ashurnasirpal II. This relief has...

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[Excavated at Nimrud, Iraq, 1845-47, NW Palace Room P, no. 2]; Sergy Sethian, Paris, [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Joseph Brummer, Paris and New York, 1913, by purchase [Brummer inv. no. P311]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1923, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
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Assyrian
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