Head of a female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x 1

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Head of a female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x in. (5 x cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, This female head, carved in the round, was found in the Burnt Palace at Nimrud and may have originally been part of a composite statuette made of various materials and overlaid with gold foil. A square mortise cut into the bottom of this piece suggests that a tenon would have secured it to a now lost body

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Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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