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Fragment of stele with relief
Anatolian, Syro-Hittite
Iron Age
799–700 B.C.
Medium/Technique
Gray basalt
Dimensions
Overall: 66 x 78 x 20 cm (26 x 30 11/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit Line
Florence E. and Horace L. Mayer Fund
Accession Number1986.595
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsArchitectural elements – Stele
DescriptionThis fragment is the lower portion of a rough, gray basalt stele in Neo-Assyrian style, very high relief, and it depicts a god standing on the back of an animal with a lion's head, a bull's horns and ears, and a lion's forelegs and hind legs like those of an eagle.
ProvenanceJuly 14, 1986, sale, Sotheby's, London, lot 290, probably sold to Geoffrey Turner Ancient Art, Amsterdam; 1986, sold by Geoffrey Turner to the MFA. (Accession Date: November 26, 1986)