Decorative boss, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Shell, silver, bitumen (?), 1 15/16 in. (4.9 cm), Shell-Ornaments, This curved object, carved from a thick piece of shell and decorated with a guilloche border, was part of a group of 18 similar pieces found in a well in the Northwest Palace of Ashurnasirpal II at Nimrud
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Decorative boss, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Shell, silver, bitumen, 1 15/16, 4.9 cm, Shell-Ornaments, curved, object, carved, thick piece, shell, decorated, guilloche border, part, group, 18, pieces, well, Northwest Palace, Ashurnasirpal II
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