Furniture plaque carved in relief with a striding, ram-headed sphinx supported by two kneeling figures, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 4 x W. 2 1/2 x Th. 7/16 in. (10.1 x 6.3 x 1.1 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This rectangular plaque 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
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Furniture plaque carved, relief, striding, ram-headed sphinx supported, two kneeling figures, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 4 x W, 2 1/2 Th, 7/16, 10.1 6.3 1.1 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, rectangular, plaque, storeroom, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store tribute, booty collected, Assyrians, military campaign
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