Furniture Fragment

Inlay

65-3-5

Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries

From: Iraq | Nimrud

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 65-3-5
Current Location Middle East Galleries - On Display
Provenience Iraq | Nimrud
Period Assyrian
Date Made 8th century BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Iconography Lion Paw
Description

Lion's Leg/Paw

Leg and foot of lion in the round. Top section of leg originally decorated with red and blue inlaid diamonds. Traces of bright color remain. Top shows dowel hole and scoring. base of foot has dowel for insertion.

Height 14 cm
Width 11 cm
Depth 6 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the British School of Archaeology, Iraq, 1965
Other Number ND 10529 - Field No SF

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