Les bas-reliefs des palais assyriens. Portraits de rois du Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Proche et Moyen Orient A joint project of the

A joint project of the Egyptian Antiquities Organization and the Getty Conservation Institute

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Les bas-reliefs des palais assyriens. Portraits de rois du Ier millénaire av. J.-C. Proche et Moyen Orient A joint project of theThis book offers a new analysis of the bas reliefs of Neo Assyrian palaces from the 1st millennium BC. It combines a spatial analysis, based on the 3D reconstruction of the royal palaces allowing the resituation of the images in the architecture, and a semiological analysis. The analysis of the structure of these images, coupled with a semantic study of the texts associated with them, shows that these two media form portraits of both royalty and kings.