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| Balawat Gates | |
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 Full-size replica in the British Museum (top) and smaller gate in the Istanbul museum (bottom) | |
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| Material | Bronze and wood |
| Created | c.860 BCE |
| Discovered | 1878 |
| Present location | British Museum, Walters Art Museum, Istanbul Archaeology Museums and Mosul Museum |
The Balawat Gates are three sets of decorated bronze bands that had adorned the main doors of several buildings at Balawat (ancient Imgur-Enlil), dating to the reigns of Ashurnasirpal II (r. 883–859 BC) and Shalmaneser III (r. 859–824 BC). Their extensive use of narrative art depicting the exploits of Assyrian kings has cemented their position as some of the most important surviving works of art of the Neo-Assyrian Empire, comparable to the extensive Assyrian palace reliefs. When the Neo-Assyrian Empire fell in 614-612 BC, Balawat was destroyed. The wooden elements of the gates decomposed, leaving only the bronze bands (some of which were badly damaged). The remains of two sets of gates can be found in the British Museum's collection,[1] those from the Temple of Mamu are housed in the Mosul Museum.[2] Small sections of the Shalmaneser bronze door bands are also in the Louvre Museum[3] at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore[4] and in the Istanbul Archaeology Museums.[5]
- ^ British Museum Collection
- ^ JE Curtis et al., The Balawat Gates of Ashurnasirpal II, British Museum Press, 2008, p. 3
- ^ revêtement de porte, 0850, retrieved 2022-05-03
- ^ Fragments of Bands from a Gate, art.thewalters.org, retrieved 11 December 2013
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