Plaque fragment, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x x

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Plaque fragment, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x x in. (3 x x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, Built by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, the palaces and storerooms of Nimrud housed thousands of pieces of carved ivory. Most of the ivories served as furniture inlays or small precious objects such as boxes

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