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The shank of this corbel is lost. Otherwise, this hand-like corbel was very exceptionally well made; the fingernails were individually well-demarcated. The cuneiform inscriptions mention the name of the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, reigned 875-865 BCE and one of the damaged lines may indicate that this was a property of the god Enlil. From Nimrud, northern Mesopotamia, Iraq. Neo-Assyrian period. (The British Museum, London)
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