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relief panel

Relief panel. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: 92 1/4 x 92 x 4 1/2 in. (234.3 x 233.7 x 11.4 cm). Date: ca. 883-859 B.C..
This relief, from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. ca. 883-859 B.C.), depicts a king, probably Ashurnasirpal himself, and an attendant. The two larger-than-life-sized figures are carved in low relief, and as with other reliefs in the palace featuring the image of the king, the carving is particularly fine and shows special attention to detail. The panel joins a second relief that shows a further attendant, also facing the king, and a winged supernatural protective figure. Together, the two panels show the king flanked by his human courtiers, just as in other scenes he or the Assyrian Sacred Tree are flanked by human and eagle-headed winged guardian figures.
The king is immediately identifiable by his crown, a distinctive truncated cone with a smaller cone emerging from the center, with a long 'streamer' hanging from its back. He is also recognizable by his luxuriant beard, and in the relief's original state would have been further distinguished by his clothing, more elaborately embroidered than that of any other figure. The pigment that originally colored these reliefs is now lost, but the embroidery is still faintly visible in the form of fine inscised lines made by the sculptors over most areas of the king's clothing. The king wears elaborate jewelry, including rosette bracelets, thick armlets worn above the elbow, large pendant earrings, and a necklace whose beads and spacers would probably have consisted of semiprecious stones and gold. The king carries a sword on his left hip, as well as two daggers tucked into his clothing, and in his left hand holds the tip of a bow. In his right hand, balanced on his fingertips, is a shallow bowl. In other reliefs the bowl contains wine and is used for pouring libations, for example on the bodies of slain animals following a royal hunt. Here, however, there is no apparent object for the libation. The relief comes from an area of the palace that seems to have held sarcophagi and might have been devoted to the cult of royal ancestors, and one possibility is that the libation is here being poured for the dead. For similar reasons, while it is normally thought that all such images of the king represent Ashurnasirpal, it has also been suggested that some may represent ancestral kings. 
The second figure on the relief is beardless, and probably represents a eunuch. He is richly dressed, with jewelry including rosette bracelets, armbands, a collar of beads, probably of semiprecious stone with gold spacers, pendant earrings, and a crescent-shaped pectoral. At the ends of his short sleeves are bands of incised plant motifs representing embroidery; another incised band below the waist shows further plants but also birds, possibly ostriches. He carries a sword whose scabbard, like the king's, ends in the image of two roaring lions. At the sword's hilt another lion head can be seen; an object in the Metropolitan Museum's collection may be just such a hilt . In his right hand the eunuch holds a fly-whisk whose handle is carved in the shape of a ram's head. The object in his left hand may be an oil lamp, though it has also been suggested that it might be a ladle to replenish the wine in the bowl held by the king. Its handle terminates in the head of a snake, or more likely a fantastic composite creature, called Mushhushshu, associated with the god Ashur. 
A distinctive feature of the Northwest Palace is the so-called Standard Inscription that ran across the middle of every relief, often cutting across the imagery. The inscription, carved in cuneiform script and written in the Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language, lists the achievements of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 B.C.), the builder of the palace. After giving his ancestry and royal titles, the Standard Inscription describes Ashurnasirpal's successful military campaigns to east and west and his building works at Nimrud, most importantly the construction of the palace itself. The inscription is thought to have had a magical function, contributing to the divine protection of the king and the palace.
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relief panel
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Traducción automática: Panel en relieve. Cultura: asiria. Dimensiones: 234,3 x 233,7 x 11,4 cm. Fecha: ca. 883-859 a. C. Este relieve, procedente del palacio del rey asirio Asurnasirpal II (r. ca. 883-859 a. C.), representa a un rey, probablemente el propio Asurnasirpal, y a un asistente. Las dos figuras, de tamaño mayor que el natural, están talladas en bajorrelieve y, como en otros relieves del palacio que presentan la imagen del rey, la talla es particularmente fina y muestra una atención especial al detalle. El panel se une a un segundo relieve que muestra a otro asistente, también de frente al rey, y a una figura protectora sobrenatural alada. Juntos, los dos paneles muestran al rey flanqueado por sus cortesanos humanos, al igual que en otras escenas él o el Árbol Sagrado Asirio están flanqueados por figuras humanas y guardianes alados con cabeza de águila. El rey es inmediatamente identificable por su corona, un cono truncado distintivo con un cono más pequeño que emerge del centro, con una larga "banderita" colgando de su parte posterior. También es reconocible por su exuberante barba, y en el estado original del relieve se habría distinguido aún más por su ropa, más elaboradamente bordada que la de cualquier otra figura. El pigmento que originalmente coloreó estos relieves ahora se ha perdido, pero el bordado todavía es vagamente visible en forma de finas líneas incisas hechas por los escultores en la mayoría de las áreas de la ropa del rey. El rey usa joyas elaboradas, incluyendo brazaletes de rosetas, brazaletes gruesos que se usan por encima del codo, grandes pendientes colgantes y un collar cuyas cuentas y espaciadores probablemente habrían consistido en piedras semipreciosas y oro. El rey lleva una espada en su cadera izquierda, así como dos dagas metidas en su ropa, y en su mano izquierda sostiene la punta de un arco. En su mano derecha, equilibrado sobre las puntas de los dedos, hay un cuenco poco profundo. En otros relieves, el cuenco contiene vino y se utiliza para verter libaciones, por ejemplo, sobre los cuerpos de los animales muertos tras una cacería real. En este caso, sin embargo, no hay ningún objeto aparente para la libación. El relieve procede de una zona del palacio que parece haber albergado sarcófagos y que podría haber estado dedicada al culto de los antepasados reales, y una posibilidad es que aquí la libación se esté vertiendo por los muertos. Por razones similares, aunque normalmente se piensa que todas esas imágenes del rey representan a Asurnasirpal, también se ha sugerido que algunas pueden representar a reyes ancestrales. La segunda figura del relieve no tiene barba y probablemente representa a un eunuco. Está ricamente vestido, con joyas que incluyen brazaletes con rosetas, brazaletes, un collar de cuentas, probablemente de piedra semipreciosa con separadores de oro, pendientes colgantes y un pectoral en forma de medialuna. En los extremos de sus mangas cortas hay bandas de motivos vegetales incisos que representan bordados; otra banda incisa debajo de la cintura muestra más plantas, pero también pájaros, posiblemente avestruces. El eunuco lleva una espada cuya vaina, como la del rey, termina en la imagen de dos leones rugientes. En la empuñadura de la espada se puede ver otra cabeza de león; un objeto de la colección del Museo Metropolitano puede ser una de esas empuñaduras. En su mano derecha, el eunuco sostiene un matamoscas cuyo mango está tallado en forma de cabeza de carnero. El objeto en su mano izquierda puede ser una lámpara de aceite, aunque también se ha sugerido que podría ser un cucharón para reponer el vino en el cuenco que sostiene el rey. Su mango termina en la cabeza de una serpiente, o más probablemente en una criatura compuesta fantástica, llamada Mushhushshu, asociada con el dios Ashur. Una característica distintiva del Palacio del Noroeste es la llamada Inscripción Estándar que recorre el centro de cada relieve, a menudo cortando las imágenes. La inscripción, tallada en escritura cuneiforme y escrita en el dialecto asirio de la lengua acadia, enumera los logros de Asurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 a. C.), el constructor del palacio. Después de dar su ascendencia y títulos reales, la inscripción estándar describe las exitosas campañas militares de Asurnasirpal hacia el este y el oeste y sus obras de construcción en Nimrud, lo más importante de las cuales es la construcción del propio palacio. Se cree que la inscripción tuvo una función mágica, contribuyendo a la protección divina del rey y del palacio.
Relief panel. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: 92 1/4 x 92 x 4 1/2 in. (234.3 x 233.7 x 11.4 cm). Date: ca. 883-859 B.C.. This relief, from the palace of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II (r. ca. 883-859 B.C.), depicts a king, probably Ashurnasirpal himself, and an attendant. The two larger-than-life-sized figures are carved in low relief, and as with other reliefs in the palace featuring the image of the king, the carving is particularly fine and shows special attention to detail. The panel joins a second relief that shows a further attendant, also facing the king, and a winged supernatural protective figure. Together, the two panels show the king flanked by his human courtiers, just as in other scenes he or the Assyrian Sacred Tree are flanked by human and eagle-headed winged guardian figures. The king is immediately identifiable by his crown, a distinctive truncated cone with a smaller cone emerging from the center, with a long 'streamer' hanging from its back. He is also recognizable by his luxuriant beard, and in the relief's original state would have been further distinguished by his clothing, more elaborately embroidered than that of any other figure. The pigment that originally colored these reliefs is now lost, but the embroidery is still faintly visible in the form of fine inscised lines made by the sculptors over most areas of the king's clothing. The king wears elaborate jewelry, including rosette bracelets, thick armlets worn above the elbow, large pendant earrings, and a necklace whose beads and spacers would probably have consisted of semiprecious stones and gold. The king carries a sword on his left hip, as well as two daggers tucked into his clothing, and in his left hand holds the tip of a bow. In his right hand, balanced on his fingertips, is a shallow bowl. In other reliefs the bowl contains wine and is used for pouring libations, for example on the bodies of slain animals following a royal hunt. Here, however, there is no apparent object for the libation. The relief comes from an area of the palace that seems to have held sarcophagi and might have been devoted to the cult of royal ancestors, and one possibility is that the libation is here being poured for the dead. For similar reasons, while it is normally thought that all such images of the king represent Ashurnasirpal, it has also been suggested that some may represent ancestral kings. The second figure on the relief is beardless, and probably represents a eunuch. He is richly dressed, with jewelry including rosette bracelets, armbands, a collar of beads, probably of semiprecious stone with gold spacers, pendant earrings, and a crescent-shaped pectoral. At the ends of his short sleeves are bands of incised plant motifs representing embroidery; another incised band below the waist shows further plants but also birds, possibly ostriches. He carries a sword whose scabbard, like the king's, ends in the image of two roaring lions. At the sword's hilt another lion head can be seen; an object in the Metropolitan Museum's collection may be just such a hilt . In his right hand the eunuch holds a fly-whisk whose handle is carved in the shape of a ram's head. The object in his left hand may be an oil lamp, though it has also been suggested that it might be a ladle to replenish the wine in the bowl held by the king. Its handle terminates in the head of a snake, or more likely a fantastic composite creature, called Mushhushshu, associated with the god Ashur. A distinctive feature of the Northwest Palace is the so-called Standard Inscription that ran across the middle of every relief, often cutting across the imagery. The inscription, carved in cuneiform script and written in the Assyrian dialect of the Akkadian language, lists the achievements of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883-859 B.C.), the builder of the palace. After giving his ancestry and royal titles, the Standard Inscription describes Ashurnasirpal's successful military campaigns to east and west and his building works at Nimrud, most importantly the construction of the palace itself. The inscription is thought to have had a magical function, contributing to the divine protection of the king and the palace.
Técnica/material:
Gypsum alabaster
Periodo:
NEOASIRIO
Museo:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Crédito:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
Autorizaciones:
Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:
3982 x 4044 px | 46.1 MB
Tamaño impresión:
33.7 x 34.2 cm | 13.3 x 13.5 in (300 dpi)