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Furniture Fragment
Inlay
Furniture Fragment
Inlay
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Holding institution:
Penn Museum
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Penn Museum
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Title:
Furniture Fragment
Inlay
Date:
8th century BC
-800
-700
Description:
Horse's cheekpiece with attachment holes. Engraved and inlaid design of wadjet eye with arm holding ram headed sceptre. Traces of blue inlay in eye. Guilloche border.
Type:
Furniture Fragment
Inlay
Type (Narrower):
Furniture
Other Objects
Type (Broader):
Object
Subject:
Wedjat Eye
Geographic region:
Iraq
Nimrud
Time period:
Assyrian
Provenance:
Purchased from the British School of Archaeology, Iraq, 1965
Medium:
Ivory
Extent:
7.5
8.3
Identifier:
223844
Source:
65-3-1
ND 10386
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