Incised horse frontlet carved into the shape of a flowering, volute palmette tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Ivory, 4.21 x 2.2 x 2.09 in. (10.69 x 5.59 x 5.31 cm), Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, This ivory plaque is carved into the form of a flowering, voluted palmette emerging from a wide stalk. The crowning floral ornamentation includes volutes, leaves, and a central, oval bud, all outlined with incision
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Incised horse frontlet carved, shape, flowering, volute palmette tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Ivory, 4.21 x 2.2 2.09, 10.69 5.59 5.31 cm, Ivory/Bone-Equestrian, ivory, plaque, carved, form, voluted palmette, emerging, wide stalk, crowning floral, ornamentation, includes, volutes, leaves, central, oval bud, outlined, incision
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