Cloisonné furniture plaque with two sphinxes flanking a cartouche, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 2.05 x 6.18 x 0.28 in. (5.21 x 15.7 x 0.71 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed, This rectangular plaque depicts two sphinxes flanking a central cartouche crowned by a solar disc and ostrich plumes. 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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Cloisonné furniture plaque, two sphinxes flanking, cartouche, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 2.05 x 6.18 0.28, 5.21 15.7 0.71 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed, rectangular, plaque, depicts, two, sphinxes, flanking, central cartouche, crowned, solar disc, ostrich plumes, large storeroom, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store tribute, booty collected, Assyrians, military campaign
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