Détail, Apkallu-figure entre deux arbres sacrés, assyrien ; ancien proche-Orient, CA. 883–859 B.C. E., Brooklyn Museum, New York, États-Unis

• Contributeur: B.O'Kane / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2X80E5Y
• Taille du fichier: 57,1 MB (5,8 MB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 5472 x 3648 px | 46,3 x 30,9 cm | 18,2 x 12,2 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 9 mars 2023
• Lieu: Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA

Informations supplémentaires

Alabaster relief, winged, bird-headed genie between two incomplete, conventionalized date-palms, facing left, with right hand he pollinates a pate-palm, small bucket in left hand. "Standard inscription" incised across center of relief. Each genie depicted in the reliefs exhibited here carries two knives tucked in his garment and in some cases a whetstone for sharpening the blades as well. Knives of this type are known to have been used from as early as the twelfth century b.c. Their hilts were often inlaid with bone, ivory, bronze, or precious metal, and their scabbards were decorated with the heads of birds. The whetstones were also decorated with an animal head, often of a horse or a bull.

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