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Ivory plaque: ANE.9.1961

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Current Location: Gallery 23

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Description

Ivory plaque from furniture, with rampant winged griffin beside branches of stylized tree

Measurements and weight

Length: 0.155 m

Place(s) associated

  • Fort Shalmaneser Kalhu (Nimrud) ⪼ Iraq

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Acquisition and important dates

Method of acquisition: Given (1961) by British School of Archaeology in Iraq

Dating

-900 BCE - -801 BCE

Materials used in production

Ivory

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Identification numbers

Accession number: ANE.9.1961
Primary reference Number: 87565
Oldadmincategory: O
Oldobjectnumber: WAE.9.1961
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Created: Saturday 6 August 2011 Updated: Friday 13 March 2015 Last processed: Tuesday 13 June 2023

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Owner or interested party: The Fitzwilliam Museum
Associated department: Antiquities

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