This is a fragment of an ivory cylinder. The original decorative insets are lost. Neo-Assyrian Period, 8th century BCE. From Fort Shalmaneser at Nimrud, Mesopotamia, modern-day Iraq. A loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA to the Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany.
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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, August 28). Fragment of an Ivory Cylinder from Fort Shalmaneser. World History Encyclopedia. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7126/fragment-of-an-ivory-cylinder-from-fort-shalmanese/
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Fragment of an Ivory Cylinder from Fort Shalmaneser." World History Encyclopedia, August 28, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7126/fragment-of-an-ivory-cylinder-from-fort-shalmanese/.
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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Fragment of an Ivory Cylinder from Fort Shalmaneser." World History Encyclopedia, 28 Aug 2017, https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7126/fragment-of-an-ivory-cylinder-from-fort-shalmanese/.
