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bibliography and image source: Herrmann, Georgina: Ivories from Room SW 37 Fort Shalmaneser. Ivories from Nimrud IV. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq, no. 605.

• museum number: -

• excavation number: ND13601

• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 6.9, width: 5.6, diam. of dowel holes: 0.3

• material: ivory

• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)

• description:
Traces of a stylized tree with griffins on either side; four dowel holes through the tree, remains of a fitter's mark in the form of two converging lines on reverse side

• status: unknown

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