Furniture Fragment
Inlay
61-3-1
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nimrud
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 61-3-1 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nimrud |
| Locus | Fort Shalmaneser | Room SE 10 |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Iconography | Man | Mythological Animal |
| Description | Relief; Man Slaying Mythological Animal and stamping on it. Man has crescent horns. Animal is winged (?). Plaque burned to light grey. Much reconstructed and strengthened. End tongue pieces to be set into slots or grooves. -A hunter facing left steps on slays a griffin, which turns around to face its attacker. The man has crescent-shaped horns, and the animal is winged. A tiny piece of gold foil is visible on the flowering plant at lower right. The plaque has been burned to a light grey color, and there are flanges for the insertion of the plaque into a larger frame. -This ivory is from Fort Shalmaneser SE 10. It is in the Intermediate Tradition that exhibits influences from both North Syrian and Phoenician traditions. |
| Height | 11.2 cm |
| Width | 6 cm |
| Depth | 0.7 cm |
| Credit Line | Gift of the British School of Archaeology in Iraq, 1961 |
| Other Number | ND 7564 - Field No SF |
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