157e: Ivory Plaque

Department Archive
Collection 1936 Exhibition Collection
Reference No. 1936/1/5/17/5
Level Sub-item
Dimensions 15.2 x 19.3 cm
Scope and Content An ink illustration of a rectangular plaque with a man in the middle, each harm holding on to the back of the neck of a winged beast. 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