Furniture plaque carved in relief with a female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 4.33 x 2.2 x 0.31 in. (11 x 5.59 x 0.79 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This piece was found in a 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. The fragmentary, rectangular plaque depicts a female figure with her head in profile facing right
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Furniture plaque carved, relief, female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 4.33 x 2.2 0.31, 11 5.59 0.79 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, piece, storeroom, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store tribute, booty collected, Assyrians, military campaign, fragmentary, rectangular plaque, depicts, head, profile facing, right
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