Ivory plaque carved with woman or goddess wearing vulture-capped wig in Egyptian style, inscription

Details

• Title

  Ivory plaque carved with woman or goddess wearing vulture-capped wig in Egyptian style, inscription

• Associated place

  Asia › Iraq › Nineveh Governorate › Nimrud › Fort Shalmaneser (11,104 SW12) (place of excavation)

• Date

  800 BC - 701 BC

• Material and technique

  ivory

• Object type

  sculpture;

  miscellaneous equipment › plaque

• Dimensions

  17 cm (height)
  65 cm (width)

• No. of items

  1

• Credit line

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

• Museum location

  not on display

• Museum department

  Antiquities

• Accession no.

  AN1962.603

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