Eingeschnittenen Pferd Stirnband geschnitzt in der Form einer Blüte, Spiralgehäuse palmette Baum. Kultur: Assur. Abmessungen: 4,21 x 2,2 x 2,09 in. (10.69 x 5.59 x 5.31 cm). Datum: Ca. 9.-8. vorchristlichen Jahrhundert. Diese elfenbeinfarbene Plaque ist in der Form einer Blüte geschnitzt, voluted palmette, die sich aus einem breiten Stiel. Die Krönung florale Ornamentik mit Voluten, Blätter, und eine Zentrale, oval Bud, alle mit Schnitt skizziert. Der Stiel ist mit zwei leere Bänder direkt unterhalb der Hauptstadt mit Blumenmuster verziert, mit einer zusätzlichen, eingesäumt Band grenzt an den unteren Rand. Die sechs Löcher in den unteren Rand dieser piec gebohrt
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Incised horse frontlet carved into the shape of a flowering, volute palmette tree. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: 4.21 x 2.2 x 2.09 in. (10.69 x 5.59 x 5.31 cm). Date: ca. 9th-8th century B.C.. This ivory plaque is carved into the form of a flowering, voluted palmette emerging from a wide stalk. The crowning floral ornamentation includes volutes, leaves, and a central, oval bud, all outlined with incision. The stalk is ornamented with two blank bands just below the floral capital, with an additional, fringed band bordering the lower edge. The six holes drilled into the lower edge of this piece and suggest that it was fastened to another material, perhaps a textile or leather backing that has not survived. Originally, this piece was probably used as a frontlet, an equestrian bridle-harness ornament which adorned a horse's forehead. Over two hundred ivory and gypsum alabaster equestrian bridle-harness ornaments have been found at Nimrud. The majority, including this frontlet, were found in a large storeroom (Room SW 37) at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. Although horses wearing equestrian bridle-harness ornaments are shown in Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs, it is not possible to know whether the ornaments in the reliefs were meant to represent work in ivory or in more durable materials such as bronze or iron. Ivory pieces like this one may have been used ceremonially, as votive dedications, or as processional regalia, rather than in battle. 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 carved in the same style as the large Assyrian reliefs lining the walls of the Northwest Palace, the majority of the ivories display images and styles related to the arts of North S
