File:Blessing genie Dur Sharrukin.jpg

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Blessing winged genie with bucket and cone motif, depicting a demi-divine entity. Assyrian relief from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (present-day Iraq), 713–716 BCE. Louvre (AO 19865)

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Object

Genie giving blessing-AO 19865  wikidata:Q28953413 reasonator:Q28953413
Artist
Unknown authorUnknown author Edit this at Wikidata
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Title
Français : Génie guérisseur
Object type sculpture / archaeological artefact Edit this at Wikidata
Description
English: Winged genie with spath-(pollen), and pollen/spath-bucket before a Tree of Life panel-(at other museum), giving its blessing. Relief from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin in Assyria (now Khorsabad in Iraq), 716–713 BC.
Français : Génie ailé donnant une bénédiction. Bas-relief du mur septentrional du palais bâti par Sargon III à Dur Sharrukin, en Assyrie (actuelle Khorsabad, Iraq), v. 716–713 av. J.-C. Fouilles de Paul-Émile Botta en 1843–1844.
Date 9 June 2006, 15:36:20
Medium stone and bas-relief Edit this at Wikidata Edit this at Wikidata
Dimensions H. 3.3 m (10 ft. 9 ¾ in.), W. 2.14 m (7 ft. ¼ in.)
institution QS:P195,Q19675
Current location
Department of Oriental Antiquities, Richelieu, ground floor, room 4
Accession number
AO 19865
Place of discovery Dur-Sharrukin Edit this at Wikidata
Object history
  • before 1844
    date QS:P,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1326,+1844-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
    : discovered (Dur-Sharrukin)
Credit line Excavations of Paul-Émile Botta, 1843]1844
References Louvre Museum ARK ID: 010122691 Edit this at Wikidata
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English: Blessing winged genie with bucket and cone motif, depicting a demi-divine entity. Assyrian relief from the north wall of the Palace of king Sargon II at Dur Sharrukin (present-day Iraq), 713–716 BCE. Louvre (AO 19865) Edit this at Structured Data on Commons
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