Balawat | archaeological site, Iraq | Britannica (original) (raw)

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bronze sculptures

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  In history of Mesopotamia: Shalmaneser III and Shamshi-Adad V of Assyria
  …doors from the town of Imgur-Enlil (Balawat) in Assyria portray the course of his campaigns and other undertakings in rows of pictures, often very lifelike. Hundreds of delicately carved ivories were carried away from Phoenicia, and many of the artists along with them; these later made Kalakh a centre for…
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  In Mesopotamian art and architecture: Sculpture
  …minor palace at Imgur-Enlil (Balawat), near Nimrūd, were decorated with horizontal bands of metal, 11 inches (28 centimetres) high, each modeled by a repoussé process (relief hammered out from behind), with a double register of narrative scenes. Their subjects are much the same as the stone reliefs, but even…
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excavation

• In Hormuzd Rassam
  …a mound known as Tell Balawat, he excavated the palace of Shalmaneser II and found a pair of great bronze gates that are now one of the glories of the British Museum. Possibly his most valuable contribution to Mesopotamian studies was his discovery in 1880 of a tablet of King…
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Sāsānian murals

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  In Central Asian arts: Kushān
  In the murals at Imgur-Enlil, Buddha wears a close-fitting tunic resembling that worn by the Sasanian king depicted on the rock carvings of Tāq-e Bostān. The traces of Hellenism, which are also evident in these wall paintings, began to disappear by the 5th century, when Sasanian influence gradually gave…
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