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Two figures sit facing each-other either side of a cartouche surmounted by two feathers. The inscription consisting of Egyptian hieroglyphs, cannot be read, the signs have been treated in a purely decorative manner by the Phoenician craftsmen. Some of the original colored inlay and gold leaf overlay survive. Excavated by Sir Henry Layard; acquisition date 1848. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th to 8th centuries BCE. From the doorway between Rooms V and W of the North-West Palace at Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London).
Amin, O. S. M. (2016, September 08). Nimrud Ivory Plaque of Two Seated Figures. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5646/nimrud-ivory-plaque-of-two-seated-figures/
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Nimrud Ivory Plaque of Two Seated Figures." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 08, 2016. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5646/nimrud-ivory-plaque-of-two-seated-figures/.
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Nimrud Ivory Plaque of Two Seated Figures." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 08 Sep 2016. Web. 12 Apr 2021.
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