Paul Collins. Пространство, время и вечность в рельефах ассирийского дворца

Space, Time and Eternity through the Assyrian Palace Reliefs Paul Collins Jaleh Hearn Curator of Ancient Near East in the Department of Antiquities at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford The wall reliefs of Neo-Assyrian palaces have been investigated for relationships between text and image, their historiographical significance and affective properties. The sculptured images and associated inscriptions projected the power and authority of Assyrian kingship through representations of the achievements of individual rulers and their connections with royal ancestors and the gods who promoted and sustained them. These monuments were experienced as part of the theatre of kingship in architectural spaces where the business of empire took place. They also participated, however, within the rituals of kingship that evoked the agency of the gods. In this talk I argue that the text and images worked together to establish an active relationship between the king and a mythical past