wall panel; relief

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Object Type: wall panel; relief
Museum number: 124571
Description: Gypsum wall panel relief: showing the monster Anzu facing left. The panel is part of a group as follows: gypsum wall panel reliefs showing god and monster. The god is Ninurta, chief god of the city of Nimrud and has a thunderbolt in each hand; he pursues the monster Anzu. The panel is inscribed with cuneiform script.
Authority: Ruler: Ashurnasirpal II
Cultures/periods: Neo-Assyrian
Production date: 865BC-860BC
Excavator/field collector: Excavated by: Sir Austen Henry Layard
Findspot: Excavated/Findspot: Temple of Ninurta
Materials: gypsum
Dimensions: Height: 240.70 centimetres; Width: 362.70 centimetres (with 1851,0902.502 (BM 124572))
$Inscriptions
Curator's comments: Pair with 1851,0902.502 (BM.124572); For an account of the conflict as related in the Fourth Tablet of the Creation Series, see the 'Guide of the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities', 2nd edition, London (1908), p. 42.
Bibliographic references: Budge 1914 / Assyrian Sculptures in the British Museum, Reign of Ashur-nasir-pal, 885-890 B.C (pl. XXXVII); British Museum 1908 / A Guide to the Babylonian and Assyrian Antiquities (p. 42); Grayson, RIMA 2 / Assyrian Rulers of the Early First Millennium BC, I (1114-859 BC) (RIM.A.0.101.31.1)
Location: On display (G6a)
Subjects: mythical figure/creature; deity; storm
Associated names: Representation of: Ninurta; Representation of: Tiamat
Acquisition date: 1851
Department: Middle East
BM/Big number: 124571
Registration number: 1851,0902.501
Additional IDs: Miscellaneous number: NG.28 (ex Nimrud Gallery)
Conservation: Treatment: 04 Mar 2002

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