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Slab with Dromedary Rider from Tell Halaf ( ) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Slab with Dromedary Rider from Tell Halaf |
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English: This relief was excavated in northern Syria at the site of Tell Halaf, the capital of a small independent city-state known as Guzana to the Assyrians, who conquered it in the late 9th century BC. More than two hundred such stone reliefs (called orthostats) decorated the façade of a temple-palace built in the 10th century BC by a local ruler named Kapara. He reused the blocks from one or more pre-existing structures and carved an inscription in cuneiform on each one that states, "Palace of Kapara, son of Hadianu." The blocks were placed so that limestone ones painted red alternated with others of black basalt. While the human images have been depicted in the less sophisticated, local style, many of the animal reliefs, such as the goat, may have been modeled on finely carved ivories imported from northern Syria and Phoenicia that were found at the site.
A rider perches atop the hump of a dromedary camel, urging it on with a staff. Crossed bands securely fasten the saddle onto the animal. The curving neck, rounded body, and unevenly placed hooves re-create the rocking sensation of a camel in motion. This image represents an Arabic caravan trader. From the beginning of the 1st millennium BC the domestication of dromedaries made the caravan trade possible. This relief from Guzana may be the earliest representation of such a dromedary rider. There are traces of King Kapara's inscription on the top edge of the stone. |
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Date |
10th century BC date QS:P571,-950-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 (Aramaean) |
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Medium | limestone, red paint | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 64.7 cm (25.4 in); width: 41.9 cm (16.4 in) dimensions QS:P2048,64.7U174728 dimensions QS:P2049,41.9U174728 |
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q210081 |
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Accession number |
21.15 |
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Place of creation | Tell Halaf (in present-day Syria) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Object history |
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Exhibition history | In Search of Ancient Treasure: 40 Years of Collecting. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1978. Faces of Ancient Arabia: The Giraud and Carolyn Foster Collection of South Arabian Art. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2008. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Credit line | Museum purchase with funds provided by the S. & A. P. Fund, 1944 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Inscriptions | [Translation] On top: Palace of Kapara, son of Hadianu | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Source | Walters Art Museum: Home page Info about artwork | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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