Spearman

486 - 465 BCE

Persian

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Ancient Middle East Gallery, Level 1, West Wing

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This fragment from a stair balustrade depicts a file of Persian spearmen wearing the characteristic fluted felt or feathered headdress. Only the head of one warrior survives with a portion of his spear and that of the soldier behind him. Although unfinished (the beard's curls are not defined), the smooth contours of the suave profile and the richly curled hair demonstrate the elegance of Achaemenid court art.

Title Spearman

Artwork Date 486 - 465 BCE

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Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. Unknown

Medium Limestone

Dimensions Overall: 10 3/8 × 11 5/8 inches (26.4 × 29.5 cm)

Classification Sculpture

Department Ancient Near Eastern Art

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 78.47

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(Charles Dikran Kelekian)

1978-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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100 Masterworks from the Detroit Institute of Arts. DIA. New York, 1985, p. 28, 29 (ill.).

Henshaw, Julia P., ed. A Visitors Guide: The Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1995, p. 98 (ill.).

Peck, Elsie Holmes. “Achaemenid Relief Fragments from Persepolis,” Bulletin of the DIA 79, no. 1/2 (2005): 27, (fig. 8).

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Persian; Iranian, Spearman, 486 - 465 BCE, limestone. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Robert H. Tannahill Foundation Fund, 78.47.

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Spearman

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About the Artwork

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