Inlay from Statuette

Description:

Hair- or beard-curl inlay from a composite statuette

Medium:

Egyptian blue

Location:

Ashur (modern Qal'at Sharqat), Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 1.7 cm; Diam. 2.2 cm

Date:

Neo-Assyrian Period, ca. 900–700 BCE

Inventory Number:

VA Ass 04258.01

Lender:

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum