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Ivory, H 10 inches

Nimrud Ivory Plaque with Bearded Warrior Holding Bucket and Pine Cone

North Syrian, Nimrud, 8th century B.C.

The Museums' selection of Nimrud ivories represents a cross-section of international motifs common to the early 1st millennium B.C. and reflects the cultures of the Near East and Mediterranean world.

Museum purchase, Friends of Ian McKibbin White Fund and the Art Trust Fund

1991.20