Furniture support carved in the round with a lion's hind leg, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 9.53 x 2.95 x 1.89 in. (24.21 x 7.49 x 4.8 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, This piece is carved into the shape of a lion’s right hind leg. It was found in a large storeroom at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store booty and tribute collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign
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Furniture support carved, round, lion, hind leg, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 9.53 x 2.95 1.89, 24.21 7.49 4.8 cm, Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, piece, carved, shape, right, hind, leg, large storeroom, Fort Shalmaneser, royal building, store booty, tribute collected, Assyrians, military campaign
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