Pair of protective spirits, Nimrud

Description

Gypsum wall panel relief: showing a pair of protective spirits, their garments decorated around the borders with semicircles and diamonds, kneeling with the sacred tree. The panel carries an inscription written in cuneiform script. Date 865BC-860BC Ashurnasirpal II's North West Palace, Room I at Nimrud. Length: 156.21 centimetres Height: 76.77 centimetres 53 photographs in variable light, Sony A6000