wall-plaque(Restored, part of the same object as object number 91680)
- Museum number
- 131664
- Description
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Square glazed fired clay wall-plaque with knob: with concave sides. It was fixed to a separate shank by a pin. It bears a text of Ashurnasirpal II.
- Production date
- 875BC-865BC
- Dimensions
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Height: 28.50 centimetres
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Width: 27.80 centimetres
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Depth: 15.50 centimetres
- $Inscriptions
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- Inscription subject
royal
- Curator's comments
- The shape of this object may be a reflection of the curved lines taken by textiles hanging in Assyrian buildings. Fitted with Rm.1102
Attached to Rm.1102 (BM.91680).
- Location
- Not on display
- Exhibition history
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Exhibited:
2020 20 Feb-25 Oct, CaixaForum Zaragoza, An Age of Luxury
2019-2020 18 Sep-12 Jan, CaixaForum Madrid, An Age of Luxury
2019 4 Apr-11 Aug, CaixaForum Barcelona, An Age of Luxury
2018-2019 8 Nov - 24 Feb, London, BM, I am Ashurbanipal, king of the world, king of Assyria
2018 9 May-3 Sep, Hong Kong History Museum, An Age of Luxury
2013-2014: 22 June-6 Jan, Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, 'Mesopotamia, Inventing Our World'
2013: 30 Jan-13 May, Museum of History, Hong Kong, 'The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia'
2012: 4 May-7 Oct, Melbourne Museum, 'The Wonders of Ancient Mesopotamia'
2011 28 March-26 June, Abu Dhabi, Manarat Al Saadiyat, 'Splendours of Mesopotamia'
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
- 1953
- Acquisition notes
- Collection deposited 2 October 1953 (deposit book, entry 785) where annotated as being purchased.
- Department
- Middle East
- BM/Big number
- 131664
- Registration number
- 1953,1010.12