Plaque with Striding Bull
Bronze
Khorsabad
24.5 cm x 31.5 cm x 4.0 cm
A12467
Oriental Institute Museum
Plaque with Striding Bull
This is a fragment of a bronze plaque that once decorated a wooden door in the Nabu Temple at Dur-Sharrukin (modern-day Khorsabad). The plaque, which depicts a bull striding to the left, would have been secured to the door using nails with bronze heads, some of which are still attached.
Collected by
Gordon Loud (in charge of excavations at Khorsabad)
Excavated by The Oriental Institute 1933-1934
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.
How Do We Care for Ancient Artifacts?
How do artifacts survive over time? Oriental Institute Museum conservator Laura D'Alessandro tells us how they are cared for in this video.
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.