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| Keywords: Levantine - Inlay Cow Suckling a Calf - Walters 711170.jpg Some of the most elaborate ivory works have been discovered in the Kalhu present-day Nimrud These objects were brought from Syrian and Phoenician workshops to the Neo-Assyrian court Egyptianizing style and Egyptian motifs were quite popular among those artists Large quantities of such ivory works were excavated in special store rooms in Nimrud particularly in Fort Shalmaneser This inlay displays a typical Egyptian motif which may be related to Hathor the Egyptian goddess who often took the form of a cow and suckled royal infants The proportions and compact composition are characteristic of the ivory-carving schools of northern Syria century 9 8 BC late Assyrian ivory cm 5 3 10 3 1 7 accession number 71 1170 26490 British School of Archaeology in Iraq Walters Art Museum 1983 by exchange Museum acquisition by exchange with British School of Archaeology in Iraq 1983 place of origin Norway Walters Art Museum license Ancient Near East art in the Walters Art Museum Ancient Levant art Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Nimrud ivories Phoenicians in Egypt | ||||
