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This ivory plaque from Nimrud gives us an impression of how an Assyrian king might have looked, seated on his ornate ivory throne. His feet rest on a padded footstool. [1959.207]
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Updated on 2004-04-03 · Copyright © The Ashmolean Museum, 2004.