AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT

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ID 888415
Lot 3 | AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT
AN ASSYRIAN GYPSUM RELIEF FRAGMENT

REIGN OF ASHURBANIPAL, CIRCA 669-631 B.C.

17 1/2 in. (44.4 cm.) long





Provenance

Likely from the collection of the Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, ME, acquired in the late 19th-early 20th century.

with Norman Hurst (1944-2011), Cambridge, MA.

with Carole Davenport, New York, acquired from the above, 1983.

Dr. Vallo Benjamin (1934-2021), New York, acquired from the above, 1983; thence by descent to the current owner.



Literature

"Dr. Vallo Benjamin, M.D., P.C. - Profile," Nineveh, vol. 18, nos. 1-2, 1995, p. 6, ill. cover.
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