Placca ca. 9th–8th secolo a.C. assiro questa stretta striscia curva di avorio è decorata con due animali di profilo rivolti verso sinistra, ciascuno con un bordo piano non decorato su quattro lati. Poiché la striscia era rotta nell'antichità, la maggior parte dell'animale a sinistra ora è assente, con soltanto il corpo e le parti delle gambe posteriori conservate. La pelle macchiata e la coda corta suggeriscono che raffigura un cervo, in modo da il pezzo è stato restaurato in cera con la testa e i prelegs di questo animale. A destra, uno stambecco maschio bearded è mostrato con la testa giù, le corna voluminose curvando indietro per raggiungere quasi alle spalle

• Collaboratore: MET/BOT / Alamy Foto Stock
• ID dell’immagine: 2HHPC29
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• Dimensioni: 4000 x 1883 px | 33,9 x 15,9 cm | 13,3 x 6,3 inches | 300dpi
• Data acquisizione: 19 gennaio 2022

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Plaque ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Assyrian This narrow, curved strip of ivory is decorated with two animals in profile facing left, each with a plain undecorated border on four sides. Because the strip was broken in antiquity, most of the animal at left is now missing, with only the body and parts of the rear legs preserved. The spotted hide and short tail suggest that it depicts a fallow deer, so the piece has been restored in wax with the head and forelegs of this animal. At right, a bearded male ibex is shown with head down, the massive horns curving backwards to reach almost to the shoulders, the sinewy neck and ribs articulated with short parallel lines. The incised outlines are drawn simply, without extensive details, and the animals’ vivid, lifelike appearance suggests that the artisan was familiar with the living creatures themselves. Both deer and ibex are wild animals associated with the untamed landscapes outside the cities of the Assyrian empire. Carved ivory pieces such as this were widely used in the production of elite furniture during the early first millennium B.C., and were often inlaid into a wooden frame using joinery techniques and glue. Ivories carved in this style, in which scenes similar to those depicted in the stone reliefs decorating the walls of the Assyrian palaces are represented using an incised technique, are thought to have been made in Assyrian workshops for the use of the royal court. This piece was found in Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud, in an area probably used as a royal residence. Most of the carved ivory found in the royal residence area at Fort Shalmaneser was carved in the Assyrian style, suggesting that the Assyrian court primarily used ivory furniture carved in this style.Built by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, the palaces and storerooms of Nimrud housed thousands of pieces of carved ivory. Most of the ivories served as furniture inlays or small precious objects such as boxes. While some of them were