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Object Type
Museum number: 118822
Description: Gypsum wall panel; carved in low relief; the king, Sargon II, in a distinctive royal hat, facing right and holding a long staff, addresses an Assyrian officer who holds his right hand up while the left is on the pommel of his long dagger. The bearded man facing the king may be the crown prince, Sennacherib.
Authority
Cultures/periods
Production date: 710BC-705BC
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Palace of Sargon II
Materials
Technique
Dimensions: Height: 290 centimetres; Width: 230 centimetres
Curator's comments: A duplicate of this scene was found in the palace and is now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris.; The cast is listed as available in the British Museum Facsimile Service 'Catalogue of Replicas from British Museum collections' (n.d.), in the series "Assyrian Bas-Reliefs".
Bibliographic references: Smith 1938d / Assyrian Sculptures in the British Museum from Shalmaneser III to Sennacherib (plate 25); Collon 2010a / Getting it wrong in Assyria: Some bracelets from Nimrud (pp.153-55, fig.7a-b) (on the bracelets)
Location: On display (G10c)
Subjects: king/queen; official; prince/princess (?); arms/armour
Associated names: Representation of: Sargon II; Named in inscription: Sennacherib (?)
Acquisition name
Acquisition date: 1847
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 118822
Registration number: 1847,0702.1-2
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: AT.824 (ex)

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