Carving in relief: a plumed griffin salutes a palmette-tree

Details

• Title

  Carving in relief: a plumed griffin salutes a palmette-tree

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nimrud › Fort Shalmaneser (place of excavation)

• Date

  1650 BC - 610 BC

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Object type

  architecture › relief

• Dimensions

  7.6 cm (height)
  6.4 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1962.

• Museum location

  Lower ground floor | Gallery 3 | Conservation

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1962.600

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