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Ivory Horse Frontlets from Nimrud
These three frontlets were found inside Well AJ at the North-West Palace at Nimrud (in modern-day Nineveh Governorate, Iraq). They are part of the so-called "Classical Phoenician" hinged frontlets of Group 2...
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Ivory Statue from Nimrud at the Iraq Museum
This carved ivory statue was made of different ivory pieces, which were joined together. The legs are now missing. It depicts an adult Assyrian beardless male figure. He stands in a gesture of worship. It...
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Ivory Writing-Board from Nimrud
This is the outer cover of the ivory writing-boards (6 in number) incised with four lines of Assyrian cuneiform text, giving the title of the astrological script which was a compilation of omens ordered by Neo-Assyrian...
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Ivory Throne of Ivan IV of Russia
The ivory throne of Tsar Ivan IV The Terrible of Russia (r. 1547-1584).
Kremlin Museums, Moscow.
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Ivory Plaque of Woman at the Window
"Woman at the window" or "the lady of the window" is one of the most famous scenes in Phoenician ivory carving. The plaque shows a woman who looks out of a window, thought to be a sacred prostitute linked to the...
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Ivory Pyxis Depicting Saint Menas
This ivory pyxis (round box) shows the saint Menas with camels. His shrine near Alexandria in Egypt was a popular pilgrim site in the Byzantine Empire. Menas, an Egyptian soldier, was executed by Emperor Diocletian...
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Ivory Panel with an Egyptian Religious Scene from Nimrud
Ivory panel with an Egyptian religious scene. On a sacred barge with papyrus prows, a crowned sun disc (with two cobras) rides and appears to arise from the horizon. It is flanked by two Ba birds...
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Ivory Casket Panel of a Knight in Combat
Casket panel of a knight, ivory carving, Paris, France, c. 1325-1350. Depicted here is a Parisian carving of a dismounted knight running their sword through a figure wielding a club. On the right, the knight...
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Ivory Panel Showing Buddha Shakyamuni
Buddha Shakyamuni and Attendants, Sri Lanka. 18th century CE, ivory with paint; ebony frame. On display as part of 'The Jeweled Isle: Art from Sri Lanka' exhibition, at the LACMA in Los Angeles, California (2018-19...
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Ivory Sphinx from Nimrud
This ivory plaque is virtually complete but burnt (partly black and partly grey). It depicts the bearded head and forequarters of a sphinx, advancing left with head turned outwards. This is one of the rare examples of the...
