Nimrud bowls, copper bowl with animal design, solar disc
Hong Kong Museum of History, An Age of Luxury (Collection of the British Museum)Solar disc on a copper bowl with animal design
The Nimrud Bowls
Metal items were highly prized as war booty, as they were easy to transport and recycle. These three drinking bowls were among 100 bronze vessels and cauldrons found in a single room of the North West Palace at Nimrud, probably captured during the western campaign of King Tiglath-pileser III (ruled 744-727 BC) in 740 BC.
The bowls are elaborately decorated with pictures of flowers, animals and humans, which would gradually emerge as the contents were drunk.
Bowls
North West Palace, Nimrud, Iraq
900-600 BC
Copper alloy
N.66, N.8, N.1
Supplementary images:
Solar disc on a copper bowl with animal design
Taken on Monday 21st of May 2018
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bowl
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circles
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copper
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five-point
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flower
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lion
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man head animal body
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metal
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nimrud
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solar disc
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sun
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sun rays
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wings
Genre:
900 - 600 BC
Source: Hong Kong
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