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Furniture inlay
Near Eastern, Levantine, Syrian
Neo-Assyrian Period
883–612 B.C.
Findspot: Nimrud
Medium/Technique
Ivory
Dimensions
Height x length: 4.4 x 8 cm (1 3/4 x 3 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Helen and Alice Colburn Fund
Accession Number65.924
CollectionsAsia, Ancient Egypt, Nubia and the Near East
ClassificationsFurniture
DescriptionFound in the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II in Nimrud. Syrian-style plaque representing a sphinx
ProvenanceFrom Fort Shalmaneser, 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.