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A demigod holding animals that urinate on him to purify him
Near Eastern, Mesopotamian, Assyrian
Neo-Assyrian Period
883–612 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Painted or glazed terracotta
Dimensions
Legacy dimension: H: 51 cm L: 59 cm W: 7 cm
Credit Line
Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund
Accession Number1998.63
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements
DescriptionA winged genius ("Master of Animals") holding two ibexes upside down.
ProvenanceBy 1994, Jacobs Gallery, London. 1998, sold by Manoucher Aaron, Aaron Gallery, London to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 24, 1998)