Ivory carving of figure wearing a High Egyptian crown and long tresses

Details

• Title

  Ivory carving of figure wearing a High Egyptian crown and long tresses

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nimrud (Burnt Palace, ND 2106) (place of excavation)

• Date

  800 BC - 710 BC

• Material and technique

  burnt ivory, carved

• Object type

  sculpture

• Dimensions

  5.2 cm (height)
  2.4 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

  Allocated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1954.

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1954.724

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