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Guardian Spirit from the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II

Made By Neo-Assyrian
ExcavatedNimrud, Iraq
Dateca. 880 BC
PeriodNeo-Assyrian
Mediumgypsum
Dimensions92 1/2 × 39 3/4 × 3 in. (235 × 101 × 7.6 cm)
Weight: 1500 lb. (680.4 kg)
Classification(s)
  • ANCIENT
Credit LineGift of Sir Austen Henry Layard through Dwight W. Marsh, Class of 1842
Terms
  • male figure
  • spirit
  • gods
  • apotropaic
Object number1851.1
Descriptionrelief; (calcium sulfate dihydrate) identified by microchemical testing
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InscribedCuneiform script in Akkadian. So-called Standard Inscription
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