Furniture plaque carved in relief with volutes and palmette, ca. 8th century

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Furniture plaque carved in relief with volutes and palmette, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century , Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, x x in. ( x x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This ivory panel was found in a storage room in Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was used to store booty and tribute collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. Like many other panels from the same storage room, it was part of a chair or couch back or the headboard of a bed

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