Asset Overview
Syrian tribute bearer, with tray of metal bowls, carved over earlier Syro-Hittite relief whose cable-pattern is visible. Dating to circa 740 B.C. and carved from basalt by sculptors of Arslan Tash tribute frieze. Found at Arslan Tash.
Dimension(s): depth, 0.26, m length, 1.07, m width, 0.415, m
Acquisition: bought; 1969; Spink and Son Ltd
Documentation:
Art at Auction 1968-69.
p.305, left fig.
1968. Sotheby's Sale Catalogue, 26 November 1968.
Lot 40, with plate
Thureau-Dangin, F.. 1931. Arslan Tash.Colmar, Paris: Geuthnerp. 82-86
Pls. 12-14
Object Number: ANE.19.1969 (Antiquities)
http://data.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/id/object/87666
Displayed against the wall, so limited access to the reverse.