Gypsum panel of an archer, palace of Sargon II

Description

Gypsum wall panel in relief: depicting an archer, facing right, with a bow and arrows, wearing a loin-cloth with fringe, clearly not an Assyrian. From a scene showing Sargon II's attacks on the town of Amqaruna (Biblical Ekron) in central Palestine, probably in 720BC. Height: 124 centimetres This panel dates to 710 BC - 705 BC and was excavated at Khorsabad, and found in Room 5 (Panel 2) of Sargon II's palace.