First Groom and Horses from Court VIII, OI A7358

[Text Description:] Inscribed with two walking horses with median groom standing behind them, hand holding halter. ❧ [Text or Publication Number Note:] OI A7358 ❧ [Excavation Description:] Found during Oriental Institute's 1928-1935 excavations at the site of ancient Dur-Sharrukin (Fort Sargon), modern Khorsabad, Iraq ❧ [Medium:] Stone ❧ [Script Note:] Non-Alphabetic Cuneiform ❧ [Physical Object Description:] Stone bas relief, of limestone. Calcereous wall relief, rectangular. ❧ [Physical Object Note:] 2.535 m x 2.76 m ❧ [Physical Object Note:] There is an inscription on the back of the relief; the inscription is not accessible at the present time and was not photographed during the 2011 project.