Incised furniture plaque with two ibexes flanking a stylized palmette tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 0.98 x 4.06 in. (2.49 x 10.31 cm), Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, Two kneeling ibexes, identified as juveniles by their short, curling horns, flank a stylized palmette tree on this rectangular plaque. It was found with several other plaques carved in a similar style at the base of the throne platform in the Throne Room of the Temple of Nabu (the Babylonian god of writing and wisdom) at Nimrud
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Incised furniture plaque, two ibexes flanking, stylized palmette tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 0.98 x 4.06, 2.49 10.31 cm, Ivory/Bone-Sculpture, Two kneeling, ibexes, identified, juveniles, short, curling horns, flank, palmette, tree, rectangular, several, plaques carved, style, base, throne platform, Throne Room, Temple, Nabu, Babylonian god, writing, wisdom
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