1966.2: Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1966.2

Title

Relief Fragment: Head of an Archer

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture, relief

Date

c. 700-612 BCE

Places

Creation Place: Ancient & Byzantine World, Asia, Assyria

Period

Neo-Assyrian period

Culture

Neo-Assyrian

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/287371

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Alabaster

Dimensions

11.8 x 12.1 cm (4 5/8 x 4 3/4 in.)

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, David M. Robinson Fund

Accession Year

1966

Object Number

1966.2

Division

Asian and Mediterranean Art

Contact

am_asianmediterranean@harvard.edu

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Descriptions

Description

Fragment of Neo-Assyrian palace relief showing head, right arm, part of left arm and upper torso of an archer drawing back his bow. He is bearded and carries a quiver on his back. Gash on right arm. Yellowed surface. Numerous surface scratches.

Publication History

• David Gordon Mitten and Amy Brauer, Dialogue with Antiquity, The Curatorial Achievement of George M. A. Hanfmann, exh. cat., Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 17, no. 69.

Exhibition History

• [Teaching Exhibition], Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, 11/01/1972 - 01/01/1973
• Dialogue with Antiquity: The Curatorial Achievement of George M.A. Hanfmann, Fogg Art Museum, 05/07/1982 - 06/26/1982

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