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Furniture inlay
Near Eastern, Levantine, Phoenician
Neo-Assyrian Period
883–612 B.C.
Findspot: Nimrud
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Overall: 4.8 x 12.3 cm (1 7/8 x 4 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number65.919
CollectionsAncient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionEgyptian-style plaque. Symmetrical composition cut to receive inlay. In center: Djed pillar surmounted by double ostrich feather and solar disk. Rearing cobras and vultures flank the pillar. Ends beveled.
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.
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