front view
- 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. 782.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: IM65285
• excavation number: ND10354
• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 12.8, width: 4.3, thickness: 0.7
• material: ivory
• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)
• description:
Half-stylized tree with one set of curved branches with flowers growing from the ends, a bud on a stalk near the trunk and the trunk decorated with chevrons and horizontal and curving ribs; the reverse side has the same design in reverse
• status: unknown
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