Acquisitions of the Fogg Art Museum: Sculpture and Figurines

Akkadian head (black diorit) excavated at Nuzi; ivories from palace of Samaria; Achaemenid reliefs of Ahura Mazda and of tribute-bearers (Persepolis); 2 Hittite bronzes; head of a Sumerian (alabaster, ht 5,8 cm); head of a genius (Calaḫ palace of Assurnaṣirpal); relief with feather-crowned archers (...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Hanfmann, George M. A.
Format: Print Article
In:AJA
Year: 1954, Volume: 58, Pages: 223-229 (pl. 37-40)
KeiBi Identifier:16:218
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Summary:Akkadian head (black diorit) excavated at Nuzi; ivories from palace of Samaria; Achaemenid reliefs of Ahura Mazda and of tribute-bearers (Persepolis); 2 Hittite bronzes; head of a Sumerian (alabaster, ht 5,8 cm); head of a genius (Calaḫ palace of Assurnaṣirpal); relief with feather-crowned archers (Nineveh, Assurbanipal); fragment of a silver-vase with head of deer (Achaemenid).