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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. 86.
- copyright for image:
British School of Archaeology in Iraq
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• museum number: IM60532
• excavation number: ND6377
• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)
• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 8.5; width: at top 5.9; thickness: 0.7
• material: ivory
• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)
• description:
Winged male facing left, holds winged griffin, by its comb and thrusts a spear into its open beak; man wears short wig, at his head there are traces of a crown
• status: unknown
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