COLLECTION NAME:
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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ArtArtHiAAH~7~7
Visual Resources Teaching Collection
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Image Record ID:
aahi0000917
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aahi0000917
Image Record ID
false
Work Title (display):
The Hero Overpowering a Lion; Winged human-headed bull
Image Title:
Total, both works from front center
Work Description:
Neo-Assyrian period, reign of Sargon II, from entrance to the palace of King Sargon II at Khorsabad. This group would have been placed in a doorway; the bull is not simply in relief, but has five legs so that it looks as if standing still when seen from the front, and as if walking when seen from the side. The hero (often identified with the hero Gilgamesh) holds a ceremonial weapon with a curved blade, known as a ''harpe,'' which is a royal weapon (Scholar's Resource).
Work Dates (display):
ca. 721-705 BCE
Work Dates type:
creation
Work Creator (display):
unknown Assyrian
Work Creator gender:
unknown
work_creator_or_agent_gender
unknown
Work Creator gender
false
Work Creator notes (display):
Refers to the period roughly from the beginning of the 2nd millennium BCE, when Assyrian rulers first appeared in northern Mesopotamia and continuing until the fall of their empire in 612 BCE (AAT).
Work Style Period:
Mesopotamian
work_styleperiod
Mesopotamian
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
Assyrian
work_styleperiod
Assyrian
Work Style Period
false
Work Style Period:
Near Eastern
work_styleperiod
Near Eastern
Work Style Period
false
Work Worktype:
reliefs (sculptures)
work_type
reliefs (sculptures)
Work Worktype
false
Work Worktype:
sculpture (visual works)
work_type
sculpture (visual works)
Work Worktype
false
Work Category (VRC classification):
sculptures and installations
work_category__ucbaahvrc_classification_
sculptures and installations
Work Category (VRC classification)
false
Work Material and Technique (display):
gypseous alabaster
Work Measurements (display):
218 cm (H) x 552 cm (W) x 63 cm (D)
Work Location (Repository or Site) name:
Musee du Louvre
Work Location (Repository or Site) role:
repository
Work Location (Repository or Site) refid:
AO 19862 (hero); AO 19859 (bull)
Work Location (Repository or Site) refid type:
accession
Work Location (Geographic) name:
Paris, France
Image Rights (display):
© Ronald Wiedenhoeft. Licensed for educational use via Scholars Resource: Saskia, Ltd.
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Holding Institution:
University of Colorado at Boulder
Collection:
Art and Art History Visual Resources Center
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