joined to ND10696 (IM65418)
- 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. 78/79.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: IM65366
• excavation number: ND10530
• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)
• dimension(s) (in cm): height: 9.6; width: at top 5.8; width (at base): 8.9; thickness: o.9; diam. of base ca. 18.0
• material: ivory
• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)
• description:
Four-winged male, facing right, wearing an ankle-length garment; holding a lion around the neck with his left hand, thrusting a long sword into the animal's chest with the right; floral frieze above.
• status: unknown
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