Head of a male figure ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Assyrian This carved head of a male figure was found with several other ivory heads in the Throne Room of the Burnt Palace at Nimrud, including that of a female figure also in the Metropolitan Museums collection (MMA 54.117.8). It was probably blackened through exposure to fire when the palace complexes at Nimrud were sacked during the final defeat of Assyria at the end of the seventh century B.C. Originally, this piece may have been part of a composite statuette made of various materials and overlaid with gold foil. The mans long hair, parted at the center, falls in thick braids and is wrapped by a thin, double fillet. His small mouth and large eyes, which are drilled to receive inlays in colored glass or semiprecious stones, resemble those frequently found on North Syrian ivories. 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 f

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Head of a male figure ca. 8th-7th century B.C. Assyrian This carved head of a male figure was found with several other ivory heads in the Throne Room of the Burnt Palace at Nimrud, including that of a female figure also in the Metropolitan Museums collection (MMA 54.117.8). It was probably blackened through exposure to fire when the palace complexes at Nimrud were sacked during the final defeat of Assyria at the end of the seventh century B.C. Originally, this piece may have been part of a composite statuette made of various materials and overlaid with gold foil. The mans long hair, parted at the center, falls in thick braids and is wrapped by a thin, double fillet. His small mouth and large eyes, which are drilled to receive inlays in colored glass or semiprecious stones, resemble those frequently found on North Syrian ivories. 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 f

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