Assyrian Timber Transportation relief
The Assyrian Timber Transportation relief is a well-known wall relief from the palace of Dur-Sharrukin, the Assyrian capital under Sargon II. The reliefs are held in the Louvre, having been excavated in 1844 by Paul-Émile Botta.[1]
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The reliefs at the Louvre
Gallery
- The depictions of horse-headed boats have been compared to those on the Balawat Gates
- ...as well as to the Neumagen ship at the Rheinisches Landesmuseum Trier
- ...this ship on the Nile mosaic of Palestrina...
- ...and the Arras Medallion from the Beaurains Treasure
- Botta illustration 1849
- Botta overview
- Botta illustration 1849
- Botta illustration 1849
- Botta illustration 1849
Notes
References
- ALBENDA P., "A Mediterranean Seascape from Khorsabad", Assur 3/3, 1983, p.1-17.
- FONTAN E., "La Frise du Transport du Bois, Décor du Palais de Sargon II à Khorsabad", DOUMET-SERHAL Cl. (ed.), Cedrus Libani, Archaelogy and History in Lebanon , 2001, vol.14, p. 58-63.
- Linder, E. (1986). The Khorsabad Wall Relief: A Mediterranean Seascape or River Transport of Timbers? Journal of the American Oriental Society, 106(2), 273-281. doi:10.2307/601591
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