Lioness Devouring a Boy, Phoenician Ivory Panel

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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This Phoenician carved ivory panel is one of an almost identical pair with one now in the Iraq Museum, Baghdad. They originally formed part of a piece of furniture, perhaps a throne. The incised letter 'aleph' beside holes on the top and bottom of the panel would have served as a construction guide. c. 9th-8th century BCE. From the palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. (The British Museum, London)

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Amin, O. S. M. (2014, March 31). Lioness Devouring a Boy, Phoenician Ivory Panel. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2458/lioness-devouring-a-boy-phoenician-ivory-panel/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Lioness Devouring a Boy, Phoenician Ivory Panel." World History Encyclopedia, March 31, 2014. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2458/lioness-devouring-a-boy-phoenician-ivory-panel/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Lioness Devouring a Boy, Phoenician Ivory Panel." World History Encyclopedia, 31 Mar 2014, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/2458/lioness-devouring-a-boy-phoenician-ivory-panel/.

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