Möbel Plakette geschnitzte Relief mit einem Greif in einem floralen Landschaft. Kultur: Assur. Abmessungen: H.3 1/16 x W 2 3/8 x Th. 3/8 in. (7,8 x 6,1 x 1 cm). Datum: Ca. 9.-8. vorchristlichen Jahrhundert. Ein Greif, eine hybride Wesen mit dem Kopf und die Flügel eines Adlers und der Körper und Schwanz eines Löwen, Gesichter rechts und verlängert seinen Schnabel nach oben auf der Spitze eines dreigliedrigen palmette Baum in diesem fragmentarischen Flachrelief Plakette zu knabbern. Dieses Stück war in einem großen Abstellraum am Fort Salmanassar, eine königliche Gebäude an Nimrud, die wahrscheinlich benutzt wurde Tribut und Beute gesammelt von den Assyrern zu speichern, während auf Mili gefunden
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Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 x W. 2 3/8 x Th. 3/8 in. (7.8 x 6.1 x 1 cm). Date: ca. 9th-8th century B.C.. A griffin, a hybrid creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body and tail of a lion, faces right and extends its beak upwards to nibble on the top of a tripartite palmette tree in this fragmentary low-relief plaque. This piece was found in a large storeroom 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. A forest of papyrus flowers and palmettes surrounds the griffin. The scene is framed by a raised border on three sides that probably also continued on the left edge. The skillful carving technique, evident in details such as the long curled locks hanging from the head, and individually articulated wing feathers, combined with the slender proportions of the body, suggests that this piece can be attributed to the Phoenician style. Two tenons project from the upper and lower edges of this plaque, indicating that it was originally fitted into a frame, likely as part of a piece of furniture. Two fragmentary dowel holes pierce the tenons, probably to secure the ivory to a frame. The West Semitic letters Zayin and Tav are inscribed into the reverse. Known as fitter's marks, these inscriptions would have served as guides to aid the craftsperson in the piece-by-piece assembly of the piece of furniture to which this plaque originally belonged. 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 Syria and the Phoe
