Ancient Ivory : Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0500051917
ISBN-13
9780500051917
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Imprint
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jul 20th, 2017
Print length
208 Pages
Weight
1,334 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 28.90 x 2.30 cms
Product Classification:
Archaeology by period / region
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An informative and beautifully produced guide to the Nimrud Ivories, one of the world’s most spectacular collections of ancient ivory, now largely lost as a result of conflict in the Middle East.
Elephant ivory is a tactile, beautiful, and workable material. It can be made into many different forms and is the strongest material in the animal kingdom. It has been highly prized from the Paleolithic to the present day, and the impact on elephants has been severeindeed, the Syrian elephant was hunted to extinction. Long ago, during the early first millennium bceThe Age of Ivoryliterally thousands of carved ivories found their way to the Assyrian capital city of Kalhu, or modern Nimrud, in northern Iraq. The majority were not made there but arrived as gifts, tributes, or booty gathered by the Assyrian kings from the small neighboring states of the ancient Middle Eastern world, with the ivory itself probably sourced from the African elephant.Ancient Ivory
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