Plaque carved in relief with kneeling figure. Culture: Assyrian. Dimensions: 1.77 x 1.3 x 0.91 in. (4.5 x 3.3 x 2.31 cm). Date: ca. 8th-7th century B.C..This trapezoidal ivory plaque was found in a storage room in Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was used to store booty and tribute collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. It depicts a male figure, barefoot and dressed in an Egyptian-style kilt and short wig. A diagonal element running from his waist across his right elbow may either be the end of a belt or the edge of a loose sleeve, but there is no neckline shown to suggest he is wearing a shirt. It is possible that the carver misunderstood this element, which appears more clearly on other carved ivories from Nimrud in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum. The figure kneels and bends his elbows, raising both hands palm outward towards the right. It is not clear what he faces; an L-shaped element preserved in the upper right corner of the plaque was