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statuette
Object Type
statuette
Museum number
126835,a
Description
Burnt ivory fragment; part of a composite statuette of a large female figure. It depicts hair from back of head. The piece is squared off at the top and back, horizontally and vertically, so that the head must have consisted of at least three separate pieces. It belongs together with N1656 (126835 b).
Cultures/periods
Neo-Assyrian
(Site)
Production date
9thC BC-7thC BC
Excavator/field collector
Excavated by:
Sir Austen Henry Layard
Findspot
Excavated/Findspot:
Burnt Palace
Materials
ivory
Technique
incised
carved
Dimensions
Length:
4.14 centimetres
Curator's comments
Part of the same figure as N1656 (126835 b).
Bibliographic references
Barnett & Davies 1975a / A catalogue of Nimrud ivories with other examples of Ancient Near Eastern Ivories
(S.345b; Plate XCVII)
Location
Not on display
Condition
Burnt black and white.
Department
Middle East
BM/Big number
126835,a
Registration number
N.1657
Conservation
Treatment
: 15 Aug 2000