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door-fitting
Object Type
door-fitting
Museum number
124657
Title
Series:
The Balawat Gates
Description
Bronze band from the Balawat Gates of Shalmaneser III; from right door-leaf; embossed scene of a campaign in Syria showing the capture of cities in Hamath.
Authority
Ruler:
Shalmaneser III
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
Production date
858BC-824BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Hormuzd Rassam
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Balawat (Imgur-Enlil)
Materials
bronze
Technique
embossed
$Inscriptions
Location
On display
(G6b)
Condition
Fair.
Subjects
war
Associated places
Topographic representation of:
Syria
Acquisition date
1878
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
124657
Registration number
Rm.1037
Additional IDs
Miscellaneous number:
Band XIII (M)