Tiglath-Pileser III Receiving Homage
Date:
745/727 BC
Medium:
Limestone
Dimensions:
94 × 48 inches (238.76 × 121.92 cm)
Credit Line:
Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund
Object number:
50.32
Relief slab with six figures positioned in one plane in combined profile and frontal poses. On the far right, an attendant raises a fly whisk over the head of the king. The king wears a tall conical headpiece. In his left hand, he holds a bow and with the other hand he makes a gesture of greeting to the three courtiers on his left. A warrior wearing a helmet prostrates himself at the feet of the king.
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