Genie at the MFA

Relief of a winged genie (apkallu) facing left, holding a bucket and cone, fertilizing the "sacred tree." "Standard Inscription" of Ashurnasirpal II across center of slab.
Neo-Assyrian Period, reign of King Ashurnasirpal II (883 B.C.-859 B.C.E.)
From the Northwest Palace at Kalhu (Nimrud), Assyria (present–day Iraq)
Size: 221.7 x 176.3 cm (87 5/16 x 69 7/16 in.) Charles Amos Cumming Fund, 1935, MFA #35.731


Detail of Relief of a winged genie (apkallu), holding the pinecone...
Charles Amos Cumming Fund, 1935, MFA #35.731