Plaque fragments with a bearded male dignitary carrying a young goat, ca. 9th century

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Plaque fragments with a bearded male dignitary carrying a young goat, Iron Age II, ca. 9th century , Iran, Hasanlu, Iran, Ivory, x x in. ( x x cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, Excavations at Hasanlu in Iran yielded a large number of carved ivory fragments which probably decorated wooden furniture or were used as small precious objects such as boxes. The citadel at Hasanlu was attacked and destroyed around 800 B

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