Ancient Art Department

Ancient Art Council
Legion of Honor
100 34th Avenue, Lincoln Park
San Francisco, CA 94121

Nimrud Ivory Plaque with Bearded Warrior Holding Bucket and Pine Cone

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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.

Ivory

H 10

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

1991.20

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Ancient Near Eastern

Egyptian

Greek and Roman

Nimrud Ivory Plaque with Bearded Warrior Holding Bucket and Pine Cone

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Symposium | Convivium: AD 79: When Time Froze in Pompeii

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Lecture on the art of ancient Greek theater

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Lecture presented by Egyptology Professor Stephen Harvey

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