25 Apr 2014
Nimrud Ivory Plaque
Antiquities, Assyria, Nimrud Ivories, Phoenicia
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c. 900-800 BCE: Unknown Artist: Lioness Devouring a Boy [Phoenician, Palace of Ashurnasirpal II, Nimrud, Iraq]
Ivory carving made by Phoenicians, found in the palace of the Assyrian king in Nimrud.
Wikipedia: Nimrud Ivories.