Furniture plaque: deer, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century , Anatolia, probably from Acemhöyük

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Furniture plaque: deer, Middle Bronze Age–Old Assyrian Trading Colony, ca. 18th century , Anatolia, probably from Acemhöyük, Old Assyrian Trading Colony, Ivory (hippopotamus), x in. ( x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This piece belongs to a group of five carved ivory plaques probably found at the site of a palace at Acemhöyük in central Anatolia. Originally, they formed the composition of a falcon with outstretched wings grasping antelopes in its extended talons

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Size: 4719px × 4330px
Photo credit: © Artokoloro / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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