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. 786.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: -
• excavation number: ND13598
• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: with tenon 9.9, height: of panel 8.5, width: 4.5, thickness: 1.0, diam. of dowel hole: 0.3, tenon slot 0.9 x 0.3
• material: ivory
• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)
• description:
Top right of a large stylized tree with central petals, one set of curved branches with a pair of fronds growing from the upper end and decorated with parts of a chevron, a semi-circle and a ÔdropÕ filled with a crisscross design; broken dowel hole and
a tenon slot on the left, tenon on the top.
• status: unknown
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