Pannello di sfiato ca. 883–859 a.C. assiro questo pannello del Palazzo Nord-Ovest a Nimrud (antico Kalhu) raffigura una figura soprannaturale alata. Tali figure appaiono in tutto il palazzo, a volte fiancheggiando la figura del re assiro o un "albero rosso" stilizzato. I rilievi sono stati dipinti, ma oggi quasi nessuno dei pigmenti originali sopravvive. Tuttavia, gli stessi rilievi conservano dettagli incredibili, tra cui intricati disegni incisi su molti capi di vestiario delle figure.la figura raffigurata sul pannello è a testa umana e si affaccia a sinistra, tenendo nella mano sinistra una mazza e nella destra una pianta

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Relief panel ca. 883–859 B.C. Assyrian This panel from the Northwest Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) depicts a winged supernatural figure. Such figures appear throughout the palace, sometimes flanking either the figure of the Assyrian king or a stylized "sacred tree." The reliefs were painted, but today almost none of the original pigment survives. However, the reliefs themselves retain incredible detail, including intricate incised designs on many of the figures’ clothing.The figure depicted on the panel is human-headed and faces left, holding in his left hand a mace and in his right a plant whose meaning is not known. The figure wears a horned cap, indicating divinity, and jewelry: visible are a large pendant earring, a collar consisting of two bands of beads and spacers, armlets with animal-head terminals, and bracelets, on one of which can be seen a large central rosette symbol associated with divinity and perhaps particularly with the goddess Ishtar. Although we cannot know how these elements were originally painted, excavated parallels include elaborate jewelry in gold, inlaid with semi-precious stones. A collar or necklace such as that shown here might have been made up of semi-precious stones separated by gold spacer beads. The figure carries three knives, tucked into a belt with their handles visible at chest level, and one of these is also animal-headed.The tree represents no real plant, and the form in which it is depicted varies within Neo-Assyrian art. The tree is generally thought to be a symbol of the agricultural fertility and abundance, and probably the more general prosperity, of Assyria. If this is so, then in protecting the tree and the king the winged figures of the Northwest Palace are all engaged in the protection of the Assyrian state. The figures are supernatural but do not represent any of the great gods. Rather, they are part of the vast supernatural population that for ancient Mesopotamians animated every aspect of the world. They ap