Guardian of The City Wall at The British Museum, London
Guardian of The City Wall at The British Museum, London
Published 2015-10-13T17:46:57+00:00
This statue, erected by Shalmaneser III, was long thought to represent the king himself. The text on it indicated, however, that the subject is the god Kidudu, guardian spirit of the wall of the city of Ashur. The statue must have been imported into Assyria.
(source; british museum)
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Scanned : Photogrammetry (Processed using Agisoft PhotoScan)
Very easy, nothing special.
Date de publication | 13/10/2015 |
Durée d’impression | 200 - 260 minutes |
Quantité de filament | 89 grams |
Dimensions | 91x67x130 |
Technologie | FDM |
Sans support | YES |
Titre | Guardian of The City Wall |
Date | 835BC |
Dimension | null |
Accession | 118886 |
Période | Neo-Assyrian |
Medium | basalt |
Record | http://www.britishmuseum.org/research/collection_online/collection_object_details.aspx?objectId=282205&partId=1&searchText=Guardian+of+The+City+Wall&page=1 |
Localisation | British Museum |