Inlay plaque carved with Egyptian lily and bud motif

Details

• Title

  Inlay plaque carved with Egyptian lily and bud motif

• Associated place

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

• Date

  880 BC - 710 BC

• Material and technique

  bone, pigment

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  1.8 cm (height)
  8.4 cm (outer circumference) (length)
  5.7 cm (preserved length across break) (length)
  2.4 cm (from break to highest mid-point) (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Presented by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1959.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1959.212

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