Plaque: bull-men on the obverse; lion attacking a horned animal on the reverse, Iron Age III, ca. 8th–7th century B.C., Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum, Iran, Ivory, 1.5 x 3.75 in. (3.81 x 9.53 cm), Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, This ivory plaque is decorated with an incised scene on each side. Holes drilled on the upper and lower edges probably allowed it to be mounted in a frame, although it is not known how it was originally displayed so that the images on both sides could be viewed or what the object’s function may have been
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Plaque, bull-men, obverse, lion attacking, horned animal, reverse, Iron Age III, ca, 8th–7th century B.C, Iran, Luristan, Surkh Dum, Ivory, 1.5 x 3.75, 3.81 9.53 cm, Ivory/Bone-Reliefs, ivory, plaque, decorated, incised scene, side, Holes drilled, upper, lower edges, allowed, mounted, frame, although, originally displayed, images, sides, viewed, object, function
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