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Furniture inlay
Near Eastern, Levantine, Syro-Phoenician
Neo-Assyrian Period
883–612 B.C.
Findspot: Nimrud
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall (including tenons): 11.2 cm x 7.5 cm
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number65.917
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionEgyptian-style plaque with a "hero" wearing the Egyptian double crown and slaying a griffin.
ProvenanceFrom Fort Shalmaneser in Nimrud, Room S.W. 37. By 1965: excavated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq; 1965: Purchased from the British School of Archaeology by the MFA, 22 September 1965.
(Accession Date: September 22, 1965)
(Accession Date: September 22, 1965)