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Fragment of an orthostat with relief decoration, unknown Neo-Assyrian workshop. Fragment of a stone wall-facing slab orthostat with a relief representation of two men shooting a bow. The man in the foreground holds a bow in his outstretched left hand, drawing it with his bent right hand. The second archer is largely obscured by the first; his head, left side, and left arm holding a drawn bow and arrow are visible. Both archers wear short-sleeved tunics. Their heads are shown in right profile with identical beard and hairstyle: a thick beard depicted by schematic curls arranged regularly in vertical and horizontal rows; a headband with two ends protruding at the back; hair above the headband combed in straight strands over the forehead and thick schematic curls at the nape. This hairstyle with a headband is characteristic of depictions of Elamite soldiers in Assyrian art. Neo-Assyrian art, 7th century BC, c. 668–c. 631 BC reign of Ashurbanipal. From Nineveh, Kuyunjik Southwestern Palace of Sennacherib. Orthostat, height 36.5 cm, width 37 cm, depth 8.4 cm, weight 15 kg., A roughly rectangular fragment of stone with irregular broken edges, showing a contrast between a smooth, flat upper surface and a rough, porous lower area; the smooth portion is mainly light gray with subtle beige and off-white marbling, and the rough area is mottled with darker gray and beige tones and patches of lighter off-white; there are visible brushlike texture marks in off-white paint or plaster applied across parts of the surface, forming sweeping strokes that blend into the stone; the edges reveal granular interior material in muted gray and brown shades, and the overall background is a neutral medium gray.

Crédit

Photo12/Liszt Collection

Notre référence

LZT26A03_054

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

103.0Mo (7.1Mo) / 50.8cm x 50.8cm / 6000 x 6000 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Fragment orthostat relief decoration unknown Neo-Assyrian workshop stone wall-facing slab orthostat relief representation two men shooting bow man foreground holds outstretched left hand drawing bent right hand second archer largely obscured first head left side left arm holding drawn bow arrow visible archers wear short-sleeved tunics heads shown right profile identical beard hairstyle thick beard depicted schematic curls arranged regularly vertical horizontal rows headband two ends protruding back hair headband combed straight strands forehead thick schematic curls nape characteristic depictions Elamite soldiers Assyrian art Neo-Assyrian art 7th century BC c 668–c 631 BC reign Ashurbanipal Nineveh Kuyunjik Southwestern Palace Sennacherib Orthostat height 36.5 cm width 37 cm depth 8.4 cm weight 15 kg roughly rectangular fragment stone irregular broken edges showing contrast smooth flat upper surface rough porous lower area smooth portion mainly light gray subtle beige off-white marbling rough area mottled darker gray beige tones patches lighter off-white visible brushlike texture marks off-white paint plaster applied across parts surface forming sweeping strokes blend edges reveal granular interior material muted gray brown shades background neutral medium gray.