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Relief of Men Towing a Boat
Archaeologists from the Oriental Institute discovered this relief fragment in the debris of the throne room of King Sargon II. The fragment shows naked Assyrian soldiers towing a boat on a river, possibly during one of Sargon's military campaigns against Marduk-apla-iddina II, king of Babylon, whose name is inscribed in the text above the scene.
Name: Relief of Men Towing a Boat
Material: Stone
Size:
Height: 43 cm (1 ft 5 in) 119.5 cm (3 ft 11 in) x 17 cm (6.7 in)
Date: 721-705 BCE
Place of Origin: Khorsabad, Iraq
Location: Oriental Institute Museum, Chicago, Illinois
Source and Registration#: Oriental Institute Museum A11258 Link to resource
(accessed May 7. 2010).
Jennie Myers
Research Associate, University of Chicago
