Furniture plaque carved in relief with volutes and palmette, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 9.84 x 2.32 x 0.39 in. (24.99 x 5.89 x 0.99 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This ivory panel was found in a storage room in Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was used to store booty and tribute collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. Like many other panels from the same storage room, it was part of a chair or couch back or the headboard of a bed
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Furniture plaque carved, relief, volutes, palmette, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 9.84 x 2.32 0.39, 24.99 5.89 0.99 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, ivory, panel, storage room, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store booty, tribute collected, Assyrians, military campaign, panels, part, chair, couch back, headboard, bed
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