Plaque with a Horse and Rider in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2018

Plaque depicting a horse and rider


Period: Neo-Assyrian

Date: ca. 883–859 B.C.

Geography: Mesopotamia

Culture: Assyrian

Medium: Bronze, traces of gold overlay

Dimensions: 0.51 x 4.59 in. (1.3 x 11.66 cm)

Classification: Metalwork-Reliefs

Credit Line: Purchase, Nathaniel Spear Jr. Gift, 1988

Accession Number: 1988.80


Text from: www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/327322