Plaque Fragment Inscribed with the Urartian Royal Name Arghisti in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2010

Plaque fragment inscribed with the Urartian royal name Argishti (probably Argishti II), 8th–7th century b.c.
Eastern Anatolia or Northwestern Iran, Urartian
Bronze
2.72 x 6 in. (6.91 x 15.24 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1976 (1976.5)


This fragment is decorated with two identical royal or religious processions, a typical stylistic and iconographic representation. What the footmen carry remains unknown. The Urartian cuneiform inscription above the top panel reads: "From the arsenal of Argishti." One Argishti is known to have reigned from ca. 785–765 B.C., the second from 714–ca. 685 B.C.


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/toah/works-of-art/1976.5