Champlevé furniture or cosmetic box plaque with a winged youth. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: H. 2 3/8 x W. 1 1/8 x D. 1 7/16 in. (5.9 x 2.8 x 3.6 cm). Date: ca. 8th-7th century B.C..This slightly convex plaque with tapering sides depicts a winged youth holding a papyrus blossom in each hand. It 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. This piece was probably used to decorate a circular cosmetic box or as an inlay for a wooden piece of furniture. It is carved in the champlevé technique, in which recessed spaces cut into the plaque were filled with colored inlays. The red pigment that can be seen in the cells of the body is primarily composed of iron, a red colorant, whereas the pigment preserved in the wings, kilt, and papyrus blossoms is blue. The preserved inlay in the proper left leg, which is made of leaded glass (glass with added lead), i