Cloisonné furniture or cosmetic box plaque with three frontal heads, ca. 8th–7th century

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Cloisonné furniture or cosmetic box plaque with three frontal heads, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x x in. ( x x cm), Ivory/Bone-Vessels, Three frontal heads are carved in low relief on this fragmentary, convex ivory plaque. This piece was found in what has been identified as the royal residency of Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign

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Size: 5543px × 3474px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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