Lid fragment ca. 9th-8th century B.C. Assyrian This broken piece of carved ivory was probably a lid for a small round box, called a pyxis by scholars. The lid is smooth and flat on top with part of a circular depression visible at the center and two rosettes extending from the edges. The rosettes are shown with a hatched pattern in the center and differ from each other in their number of petals and the relative size of the petals. The underside of the lid is rounded and the rosettes are supported by rounded ridges carved into the surface. A fragmentary central ridge seems to have originally formed a ring on the underside of the lid. Boxes of this type could have held precious goods including luxurious commodities such as spices, incense, cosmetics, perfumes or ointments. The black and gray color of the lid suggests that is was damaged by fire during the sack of the Assyrian palace buildings at Nimrud at the time of Assyrias final defeat in 614 and 612 B.C.Built by the Assyrian king As

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Lid fragment ca. 9th-8th century B.C. Assyrian This broken piece of carved ivory was probably a lid for a small round box, called a pyxis by scholars. The lid is smooth and flat on top with part of a circular depression visible at the center and two rosettes extending from the edges. The rosettes are shown with a hatched pattern in the center and differ from each other in their number of petals and the relative size of the petals. The underside of the lid is rounded and the rosettes are supported by rounded ridges carved into the surface. A fragmentary central ridge seems to have originally formed a ring on the underside of the lid. Boxes of this type could have held precious goods including luxurious commodities such as spices, incense, cosmetics, perfumes or ointments. The black and gray color of the lid suggests that is was damaged by fire during the sack of the Assyrian palace buildings at Nimrud at the time of Assyrias final defeat in 614 and 612 B.C.Built by the Assyrian king As

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