Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 4 7/8 x W. 3 1/16 x Th. 7/16 in. (12.4 x 7.7 x 1.1 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed, During the ninth to seventh centuries B.C., vast quantities of luxury goods, often embellished with carved ivory in local, Syrian, and Phoenician styles, accumulated in Assyrian palaces, much of it as booty or tribute
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Furniture plaque carved, high relief, two Egyptianizing figures flanking, volute tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 4 7/8 x W, 3 1/16 Th, 7/16, 12.4 7.7 1.1 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed, ninth, seventh centuries, vast quantities, luxury goods, embellished, carved ivory, local, Syrian, Phoenician styles, accumulated, Assyrian palaces, booty, tribute
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