About the Artwork
Votive Plaque
722 - 705 BCE
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Mesopotamian
Assyrian
Clay
Ceramics
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Max Pincus
69.299
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
Inscribed, cuneiform, on left arm: [translated: Leave bad spirit] Inscribed, cuneiform, on right arm: [translated: Enter good spirit]
Provenance
(Mitchell's Antiques and Accessories)
1969-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Assyrian, Mesopotamian; Neo-Assyrian, Mesopotamian, Votive Plaque, 722 - 705 BCE, clay. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase with funds from Mr. and Mrs. Max Pincus, 69.299.
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