Inlay from Statuette

Description:

Fragmentary hair- or beard-curl inlay from a composite statuette

Medium:

Lapis lazuli

Location:

Quadrant 1B 4V, Ashur (modern Qal'at Sharqat), Iraq

Dimensions:

H. 1.3 cm; W. 1.4 cm; D. 1.6 cm

Date:

Neo-Assyrian Period, ca. 1000–612 BCE

Inventory Number:

VA 17458

Lender:

Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum