{ "core": { "objectID": 33256, "objectNumber": "50.32", "primaryTitle": "The Assyrian King Tukul-apil-esharra III (also called Tiglath-pileser III) Receiving Homage", "objectName": "relief", "dated": "745 - 727 BCE", "classification": "Sculpture", "department": "Ancient Near Eastern Art", "medium": "gypsum alabaster", "dimensions": "Overall: 48 × 94 inches (121.9 × 238.8 cm)" }, "provenance": { "creditLine": "Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund ", "provenance": "Esarhaddon, Southwest Palace, Nimrud (Calah).\r\nbetween 1845-1850, excavated at the Mound of Nimrud by Sir Austen Henry Layard [1817-1894] and Hormuzd Rassam [1826-1910] (Mosul, Iraq);\r\n1850, Christian Anthony Rassam [1808-1872] H.B.M. British Vice-Consul (Mosul, Iraq);\r\nHon. Robert Henry Clive [1789-1854] London, England);\r\nRobert Windsor-Clive, 1st Earl of Plymouth [1857-1923] (Hewell Grange, Redditch, Worcestershire, England);\r\nHon. Ivor Miles Windsor-Clive, 2nd Earl of Plymouth [1889-1943] (Worcestershire, England);\r\nJuly 29,1946, sold by (Sotheby & Co. London, England, lot 162).\r\n(Unknown Syndicate, offered in private sale);\r\nby 1950, (Hagop Kevorkian [1872-1962] New York, New York, USA);\r\n1950-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)", "signed": "", "inscribed": "Inscribed, cuneiform characters, in band above figures: [translated: I conquered the city of Sibur together with the cities of its environs. I carried off their booty. The man Tanus fled to the mountains. I offered pure libations to the god Marduk who dwells in Til-Ashuri.]", "markings": "" }, "creators": [ { "displayName": "Assyrian, Mesopotamian", "role": "Artist", "nationality": "Mesopotamian", "bio": "" } ], "rights": [ { "type": "Public Domain", "copyright": "", "creditLineRepro": "Assyrian, Mesopotamian, The Assyrian King Tukul-apil-esharra III (also called Tiglath-pileser III) Receiving Homage, 745 - 727 BCE, gypsum alabaster. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, 50.32." } ], "media": { "primary": { "filename": "50.32-d1.tif", "width": 5518, "height": 2834, "shareURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/hjb24kmlhn/jpeg/50.32-d1.jpeg?w=2000&keep=c&crop=yes&color=cccccc&quality=80&u=u3bnol", "originalURL": "https://dia.widen.net/content/hjb24kmlhn/original/50.32-d1.tif?u=u3bnol&download=true" } }, "terms": [ { "name": "Assyrian", "type": "styles and periods" }, { "name": "gypsum", "type": "material" }, { "name": "alabaster", "type": "material" }, { "name": "profiles (figures)", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "figures (representations)", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "king (person)", "type": "subject" }, { "name": "relief", "type": "work type" }, { "name": "Iraq", "type": "modern" } ], "source": { "museum": "Detroit Institute of Arts", "objectURL": "https://dia.org/collection/33256" } }