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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. 247.

• museum number: IM65876

• excavation number: ND10659

• provenience: Nimrud (SW 37)

• dimension(s) (in cm):
height: 20.6; width: 3.3; thickness: 0.8

• material: ivory

• date: Neo Assyrian (ca. 800 BC)

• description:
Top: Male facing right, wearing double crown and short wig, holding flower; below him winged, falcon-headed sphinx facing right, wearing sun disc crown over a headcloth; bottom: male with sun disc on his head, facing right

• status: unknown

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