Decorative wall plaques, solar cross on a pre-Christian
Hong Kong Museum of History, An Age of Luxury (Collection of the British Museum)Solar cross on a prechristian decorative wall plaques
Decorative wall plaques
The Assyrians decorated their palaces with brightly coloured plaques in shades of yellow, black and white. Wall paintings show they were placed just above head height and fixed in a pattern of alternating circular (1) and square shapes (2). Their decorative motifs, palmettes, pomegranates, guilloches, squares and chevrons, are also thought to have been protective symbols.
1 Round plaque
Tell Billa, Iraq
875-865BC
Clay
N.2039
Supplementary images:
Solar cross on a prechristian decorative wall plaques
Taken on Monday 21st of May 2018
Device: Motorola
Model: XT1585
Tags:
circles
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cross
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cross with circle in the center
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flower-like
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four-point
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four-pointed cross
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prechristian
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sun
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sun rays
Genre:
875 - 865BC
Source: Hong Kong
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