wall panel;
relief
- Museum number
- 118816
- Description
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Gypsum wall-panel depicting a eunuch in relief: this head, which is over lifesize, belonged to a figure of a eunuch, one of the attendants of the Assyrian king. He wears an earring of a classic Assyrian type, and his curled hair-style is intermediate between that of previous reigns and the shorter squared cut which became fashionable in the seventh century. A pattern of rosettes is embroidered on the neck of his robe.
- Production date
- 710BC-705BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 64 centimetres
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Thickness: 12 centimetres (extant)
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Width: 53 centimetres
- Curator's comments
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This fragment may come from the same frieze as fragments 1847,0702.13 (BM. 118827), 1847,0702.11 (BM 118830), 1847,0702.10 (BM. 118828), 1847,0702.12 (BM. 118818), 1847,0702.9 (BM. 118812) and 1847,0702.14 (BM. 118824).
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Other similar fragments will be found in the list in Gadd, 'Stones of Assyria', pp. 161-2.
Bibliography:
P. Albenda, ‘The Palace of Sargon, King of Assyria’ (Paris, 1986), 167;
P. E. Botta & E. Flandin, ‘Monument de Ninive’ vol. 1. (Paris, 1849-50), pl. 29.
- Location
- On display (G30/dc22)
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2018-2019 8 Nov-24 Feb, London, BM, I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria
2008-2009 21 Sept-4 Jan, Boston, MFA, 'Art and Empire'
2007 2 Apr-30 Sept, Alicante, MARQ Museum, 'Art and Empire'
2006 1 Jul-7 Oct, Shanghai Museum, 'Art and Empire'
- Acquisition date
- 1847
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 118816
- Registration number
- 1847,0702.4
- Additional IDs
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Miscellaneous number: 818 (Old Nimrud gallery no.)
