157b: Ivory Plaque

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/17/2
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 20.6 x 15.8 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a rectangular plaque, depicting a man with a spear rising a tall horse. Another man with a shield appears to be sitting on the horse's back. Some sections, shown by dotted lines, are recreated and not part of the surviving object. The original description in the catalogue reads: "Ivory plaques: 700-600 B.C."
Notes In the Exhibition Catalogue this is under the subheading "Carvings in ivory and bone"
Related records [1936/1/5/17], 157: Ivory plaques and ivory comb