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title: Nimrud Ivory Panels of Two Egyptian Kings
author: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5650/nimrud-ivory-panels-of-two-egyptian-kings/
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updated: 1970-01-01
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# Nimrud Ivory Panels of Two Egyptian Kings

_Authored by [Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/OsamaSMAmin/)_

## Image File

[![Nimrud Ivory Panels of Two Egyptian Kings](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5650.jpg)](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/5650.jpg)

## Image Caption

Two panels from a much larger composition, each showing a youth dressed in [Egyptian](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/Egyptian/) royal costume grasping a tree formed by a lotus flower arising from a double volute. On the front of the lower right-hand tenon of the right ivory panel, there is an incised inscription in West Semitic [script](https://www.worldhistory.org/script/). Excavated by Sir Henry Layard; acquisition date 1848. Phoenician style. Neo-Assyrian Period, 9th to 8th centuries BCE. From the doorway between Rooms V and W of the North-West [Palace](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/palace/) at [Nimrud](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kalhu/) (ancient [Kalhu](https://www.worldhistory.org/Kalhu/)), [Mesopotamia](https://www.worldhistory.org/Mesopotamia/), modern-day Iraq. (The British Museum, London).

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## About the Author

Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.
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## Cite This Work

### APA
Amin, O. S. M. (2016, September 10). Nimrud Ivory Panels of Two Egyptian Kings. *World History Encyclopedia*. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5650/nimrud-ivory-panels-of-two-egyptian-kings/>
### Chicago
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Nimrud Ivory Panels of Two Egyptian Kings." *World History Encyclopedia*, September 10, 2016. <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5650/nimrud-ivory-panels-of-two-egyptian-kings/>.
### MLA
Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Nimrud Ivory Panels of Two Egyptian Kings." *World History Encyclopedia*, 10 Sep 2016, <https://www.worldhistory.org/image/5650/nimrud-ivory-panels-of-two-egyptian-kings/>.

## License & Copyright

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