Furniture or cosmetic box plaque carved in the round with striding bull, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, gold foil, 2.89 x 1.46 x 0.94 in. (7.34 x 3.71 x 2.39 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, This striding bull was found with four similar examples in a private house abutting the town wall at Nimrud, where it was probably taken as salvage from a palace complex when they were sacked during final defeat of Assyria at the end of the seventh century B
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Furniture, cosmetic box plaque carved, round, striding bull, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th–7th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, gold foil, 2.89 x 1.46 0.94, 7.34 3.71 2.39 cm, Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, striding, bull, four, examples, private house, abutting, town wall, salvage, palace complex, sacked, final defeat, Assyria, seventh century, B
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