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. On the disc, there is the so-called triple (hmhm) atef crown, flanked by uraei set on a pair of ram's horns. The wedjat eye, looking to the left, is at the center of the disc. The Ba birds are human-headed, have human arms, and wear the double crown of Egypt and the nemes head cloth. The overall design is reminiscent of a very complex 'theological' jewelry, such as that from the tomb of Tutankhamun.
Excavated by the British School of Archaeology in Iraq from Room SW37 at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian Empire, 9th to 7th century BCE.
Iraq Museum, Baghdad.
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