Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 2 3/8 x W. 1 1/8 x D. 1 7/16 in. (5.9 x 2.8 x 3.6 cm), Ivory/Bone-Vessels, This slightly convex plaque with tapering sides depicts a winged youth holding a papyrus blossom in each hand. It was found in a large storeroom at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign
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Champlevé furniture, cosmetic box plaque, winged youth, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th–7th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 2 3/8 x W, 1 1/8 D, 7/16, 5.9 2.8 3.6 cm, Ivory/Bone-Vessels, slightly, convex, plaque, tapering sides, depicts, holding, papyrus blossom, hand, large storeroom, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store tribute, booty collected, Assyrians, military campaign
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