Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq

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Bonomi MSS 32.33

Title

Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq

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1 item

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Name of creator

Bonomi, Joseph

(1796-1878)

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Scope and content

pencil sketch on paper
loose
10.9 x 17.8 cm

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Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court VI (I). Panels 66-67. Relief depicting four male captives removing stones in baskets, c. 700-692 BC; sketch in grid from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124821 = 1851,0902.5
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room XXXIII. Panels 4-6. Relief depicting an Assyrian eunuch general with three Elamite captives, c. 660-650 BC; unfinished sketch in grid from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124802.a = 1851,0902.7.a
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court VI. Relief depicting men pulling ropes, c. 700-692 BC; tracing mounted on sketch in grid from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124822 = 1851,0902.4
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court XIX (U). Panels 10-12. Relief depicting Assyrians carrying off booty and heads and booty piled up in a palm grove, c. 640-620 BC; sketch from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124825,b = 1851,0902.1.b
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room LI (North). Detail of locusts in Bonomi MSS 32.10 (recto) and relief depicting horses being led by grooms, c. 700-692 BC; sketch from gypsum slab (panels 37-38) now in London, British Museum, BM 124795,a-c = 1851,0902.14
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court XIX (U). Panels 10-12. Relief depicting Assyrian soldiers in a chariot, c. 640-620 BC; sketch/tracing from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124825,b = 1851,0902.1.b
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room XXXIII. Panels 4-6. Relief depicting an Assyrian eunuch general with three Elamite captives, c. 660-650 BC; unfinished sketch in grid from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124802.a = 1851,0902.7.a
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court XIX (U). Panels 10-12. Relief depicting Assyrians carrying off booty and heads and booty piled up in a palm grove, c. 640-620 BC; drawing/tracing from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124825,b = 1851,0902.1.b
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room V. Slab 43. Relief depicting an Assyrian fortified camp, c. 660-650 BC; sketch from gypsum slab in situ, but reported stolen in 1995
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Court VI (I). Relief depicting a wild sow with her young hidden in the reed thicket behind, c. 700-692 BC; sketch from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124824 = 1851,0902.2
Map of the presumed boundary of ancient Nineveh
Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq
Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room LI (North). Relief depicting a male servant carrying dried locusts, c. 704-681 BC; sketch from gypsum slab now in London, British Museum, BM 124798 = 1851,0902.11
[Upper] Iraq. Nineveh. South-West Palace of Sennacherib. Room V. Slab 43. Relief depicting an Assyrian fortified camp, c. 660-650 BC; sketch from gypsum slab in situ, but reported stolen in 1995 (reversed). [Lower] Frieze design with women holding amphorae and warriors.

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Item Bonomi MSS 32.33 - Relief depicting one man striking another man holding decapitated head, Neo-Assyrian; sketch in grid from gypsum slab (not identified), probably from the South-West Palace of Sennacherib at Nineveh in Iraq