In the Louvre we can find the remains of a decoration from the Tiglat-Pileser III palace at Tell Ahmar, Syria (Kar-Salmanasar in Assyrian times), made 8th century BCE. It is a representation of two servants painted with tempera paint: red ocher, Egyptian blue and charcoal black, on a white preparation of calcium carbonate, and an image of a Wined genie.
Winged genie, Neo-Assyrian mural painting from the Palace of Teglat-Phalasar III, 8th century BCE. |
Fragment of an ivory box from the southeast palace of Nimrud. Phoenician work, 8th century BCE. In the British Museum | Photo by Rowanwindwhistler |
Tiles with colored inlaid glazed faience from Egypt | 1198-1166 BCE |
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the representation of a Hittite man | a black African man |
a man from Syria | a man from Syria |
SOURCES
- painting from Tell Ahmar in Louvre; pictures; Winged genie
see also the male head https://collections.louvre.fr/ark:/53355/cl010121400 - KHM Wien Faience tiles from Egypt
- Ivories from Nimrud south-western palace publication