ASSYRIAN - TRIBUTAIRE MEDE III Low-poly 3D model

Height: 23.5 cm; Width: 22.2 cm; Thickness: 8.1 cm

Object details : Orthostatic fragment representing a bearded Mede tribesman with a short curly hairstyle held in place by a headband: he is wearing a garment with a fur panel

Material and technique Material : gypsum alabaster Technique: bas-relief PLACE AND DATES Date of creation / manufacture Neo-Assyrian: Sargon II (8th century) (-721 - 705) Place of discovery : Khorsabad palace of Sargon (according to Albenda : corridor 10 lower part of the register, no. 12)

The characterization of different peoples by their hairstyle and clothing is constant in Assyrian art and allows them to be identified. The five figures represented here are Medes, recognizable by their large laced boots and their costume made of spotted skin or covered with a woolly fleece. They can be distinguished from the Assyrians by their curly hair cut short and girded with a thin band; most of them have short beards. Two men hold in their hands a model of a fortified city, a sign of allegiance to Sargon. The gesture of a raised right fist is a sign of greeting and respect.