Inlay

65-3-4

Location: On Display in the Eastern Mediterranean Gallery

From: Iraq | Nimrud

Curatorial Section: Near Eastern

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Object Number 65-3-4
Current Location Eastern Mediterranean Gallery - On Display
Culture Egyptian (uncertain) | Assyrian
Provenience Iraq | Nimrud
Period Assyrian
Date Made 8th century BCE
Section Near Eastern
Materials Ivory
Iconography Horus | Lotus
Description

Horus Seated on Lotus. Originally heavily inlaid. Only central pendant on 'collar" retains trace of the inlay.

Height 5.7 cm
Width 4.4 cm
Depth 1 cm
Credit Line Purchased from the British School of Archaeology, Iraq, 1965
Other Number ND 10542 - Field No SF

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