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Saluting Protective Spirit

883–859 BCE
(883–859 BCE)
gypsum
Overall: 229.9 x 137 cm (90 1/2 x 53 15/16 in.)
Weight: 300 lbs./panel; 900 lbs. overall
Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund 1943.246
Location: 102A Ancient Near East
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The details of his garments are painstakingly rendered; he wears a long fringed cloak with tassels over a shorter kilt and an under tunic.

Description

Striding forward with muscular arms and legs, this winged deity offers a gesture of salutation along with symbols of agricultural bounty. Inscribed with an account of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II's military conquests and victories, this relief once stood alongside hundreds of similar ones that decorated the palace at Nimrud.
Three large rock panels vertically combine to display a relief of a winged figure facing our left. The figure's right arm is bent and raised with their palm facing us and their left arm is straight down, slightly forward, and holding a branch with flowers. The figure is wearing a long robe and text is inscribed all across the middle panel.

Saluting Protective Spirit

883–859 BCE

Neo-Assyrian (911–609 BCE), Iraq, Nimrud, Northwest Palace, reign of Ashurnasirpal II (883–859 BCE)

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