Furniture plaques carved in relief with animal combat, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, H. 1 3/4 x W. 21 3/4in. (4.4 x 55.2cm), Ivory/Bone-Ornaments, These long ivory strips were 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. Since the wooden frame to which the ivory panels were attached had disintegrated, it was not possible to fully reconstruct the piece of furniture to which they belonged
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Furniture plaques carved, relief, animal combat, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, H, 1 3/4 x W, 21 3/4in, 4.4 55.2cm, Ivory/Bone-Ornaments, long, ivory, strips, storage room, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store booty, tribute collected, Assyrians, military campaign, wooden frame, ivory panels, attached, disintegrated, possible, fully reconstruct, piece, furniture
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