Head of a female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 8th–7th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 1.97 x 1.22 in. (5 x 3.1 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, This female head, carved in the round, was found in the Burnt Palace at Nimrud and may have originally been part of a composite statuette made of various materials and overlaid with gold foil. A square mortise cut into the bottom of this piece suggests that a tenon would have secured it to a now lost body
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Head, female figure, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 8th–7th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 1.97 x 1.22, 5 3.1 cm, Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, female, head, carved, round, Burnt Palace, originally, part, composite statuette, various materials, overlaid, gold foil, square mortise, cut, bottom, piece, tenon, secured, now lost, body
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