Relief of Men Towing a Boat
Stone
Khorsabad
43 cm x 119.5 cm x 17 cm
A11258
Oriental Institute Museum
Relief of Men Towing a Boat
Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute discovered this relief fragment in the debris of the throne room of King Sargon II. The fragment shows naked Assyrian soldiers towing a boat on a river, possibly during one of Sargon's military campaigns against Marduk-apla-iddina II, King of Babylon, whose name is inscribed in the text above the scene.
Collected by
Henri Frankfort, Field Director of the Iraq Expedition
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1930
Multimedia
The Ancient City of Khorsabad
Dr. Gil Stein, Director of the Oriental Institute, discusses the importance of the ancient capital city of Khorsabad in this video.
Web Links
Highlights from the collection of the Oriental Institute Museum; Relief
Suggested Readings
Parpola, Simo. Letters from Assyria and the West: The Correspondence of Sargon II, Part I. Helsinki: Helsinki University Press, 1987.
Reade, Julian. Assyrian Sculpture. London: The British Museum, 1983.
Roaf, Michael. Cultural Atlas of Mesopotamia and the Ancient Near East. New York: Facts on File, 1990.