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Document Details : Title: Reflections on the four-winged genie Subtitle: a pottery jar and an ivory panel from Nimrud Author(s): HERMANN, G. , CURTIS, J.E. Journal: Iranica Antiqua Volume: 33 Date: 1998 Pages: 107-134 DOI: 10.2143/IA.33.0.519126 Abstract : This article concerns a fragmentary pottery jar that was found at Nimrud in the 19th century and is decorated with stamped designs in the Phoenician style. These show a four-winged genie holding a pair of snakes; Such designs are more commonly represented on ivory panels and there is in fact one from Nimrud that has a larger version of exactly the same composition as on the jar. |
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