Ivory plaque depicting panel containing the solar disc with wings and tail-feathers, mounted by a female head

Details

• Title

  Ivory plaque depicting panel containing the solar disc with wings and tail-feathers, mounted by a female head

• Associated place

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

• Date

  880 BC - 710 BC

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  6.8 cm (width)
  0.5 cm (depth)
  30 cm (height)
  15.7 cm after restoration (height)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

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

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1959.206

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