Assyrian reliefs

Dartmouth acquired some of the interior walls of an Assyrian palace of King Ashurnasirpal II from Austin Henry Layard’s excavations (1845-), Vox reports.   Layard also sent some reliefs to Canford Manor in Dorset, most of which later were sold but one of which remained next to the dartboard on the wall of a boys’ school snack shop until its rediscovery in 1992.   The panel sold at Christie’s for $11.8m, money that the school put toward some Assyrian Scholarships.

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