Plaque in the form of a tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca. 9th–8th century B.C., Mesopotamia, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Assyrian, Shell, 1.85 x 0.14 in. (4.7 x 0.36 cm), Shell-Sculpture, This delicate plaque is finely incised with the image of a stylized tree. The trunk is made up of hatched sections connected by volutes, topped by a fan-shaped group of nine branches, each ending in an element that resembles a bunch of fruit or a pinecone
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Plaque, form, tree, Neo-Assyrian, ca, 9th–8th century B.C, Mesopotamia, Nimrud, ancient Kalhu, Assyrian, Shell, 1.85 x 0.14, 4.7 0.36 cm, Shell-Sculpture, delicate, plaque, finely incised, image, stylized tree, trunk, up, hatched sections, connected, volutes, topped, fan-shaped group, nine branches, ending, element, resembles, bunch, fruit, pinecone
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