Carved relief plaque, maned lioness suckling her cubs in a papyrus swamp, represented in the Egyptian manner

Details

• Title

  Carved relief plaque, maned lioness suckling her cubs in a papyrus swamp, represented in the Egyptian manner

• Associated place

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

• Date

  880 BC - 710 BC

• Material and technique

  ivory, carved

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  18.1 cm (length)
  7.9 cm (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Purchased from the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1962.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1962.308

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