Assyrian Feast in the Garden
Narrative, Art, and Nature
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https://doi.org/10.34024/herodoto.2025.v10.22589Keywords:
History, Art, War, Mesopotamia, AssurbanipalAbstract
In the Mesopotamian world, stone relief was one of the most important artistic manifestations. The imposing amount of scenes and its own continuity indicate a largely documentary function. The cultural practice of creating these monumental reliefs is associated with the political moment of making great empires. In this article, we examine the relief of the banquet of Assurbanipal and Libbāli-šarrat since the perspective of art history and the foundations of iconology.
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