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Relief with Two Heroes
Syrian10th-9th century BC (Neo-Hittite/Hurritic)
The Walters Art Museum
Baltimore, United States
This relief decorated the lower course of the exterior wall of the temple palace of King Kapara. Two heroes pin down a bearded foe, while grabbing at his pronged headdress. The context may be related to the Gilgamesh epic, and display Gilgamesh and Enkidu in their fight with Humbaba.
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- Title: Relief with Two Heroes
- Creator Nationality: Syrian
- Date Created: 10th-9th century BC (Neo-Hittite/Hurritic)
- Physical Dimensions: w42 x h63 x d16 cm
- Type: relief
- Rights: Museum purchase, 1944
- External Link: The Walters Art Museum
- Medium: basalt
- Provenance: Max von Oppenheim, 1911-1913 [excavated at the lower course of the exterior wall of the temple-palace of King Kapara in Guzana, Tell Halaf, Syria]; Alien Property Custodian of the United States, 1943; Walters Art Museum, 1944, by purchase.
- Place of Origin: Tell Halaf (in present-day Syria)
- ExhibitionHistory: In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978; Highlights from the Collection. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1998-2001
- Artist: Syrian
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