Battle of Urai

Japanese: 《ウライ河畔の戦》 - うらいかはんのたたかい
Battle of Urai

…Sargon's successors mainly lived in Nineveh, and Ashurbanipal (ruled 668-627 BC) left many reliefs on various subjects in his palace. One well-known relief that depicts the king's campaign is the Battle of the Ulay River. In this relief, the ancient style of dividing the picture into horizontal strips and developing the motif in a narrative style is broken, and the whole is integrated into one large picture. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that refer to the "Battle of the Ulay River" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…サルゴンの後継者たちは主としてニネベに宮殿を営んだが,なかでもアッシュールバニパル(在位,前668‐前627)は宮殿にさまざまな題材を扱った多くの浮彫を残した。王の遠征のようすを扱った浮彫としては,《ウライ河畔の戦》が知られる。ここでは,古くから伝えられてきた画面を横長に分け説話風に図柄を展開していく方式が破られ,全体が一つの大きな画面にまとめあげられている。…

※「《ウライ河畔の戦》」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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