Relief Fragment of Winged Genie
Gypsum
Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
108 cm x 54 cm x 10.5 cm
A34980
Oriental Institute Museum
Relief Fragment of Winged Genie
This relief of a winged genie formed part of the wall of a corridor in King Ashurnasirpal II's palace at Nimrud. The minor diety carries a bucket in one hand, and an oval object that resembles a pine cone (used to sprinkle water) in the other.
Collected by
Austen Henry Layard 1846
Exchanged with the British Museum, London 1974
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Suggested Readings
Black, Jeremy and Anthony Green. Gods, Demons, and Symbols of Ancient Mesopotamia: An Illustrated Dictionary. Austin: University of Texas Press, 1992.
Frankfort, H. and H.A., John A. Wilson, and Thorkild Jacobsen. Before Philosophy: The Intellectual Adventure of Ancient Man. Baltimore: Penguin Books, 1946.
Reade, Julian. Assyrian Sculpture. London: The British Museum, 1983.