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65-3-1
Location: On Display in the Middle East Galleries
From: Iraq | Nimrud
Curatorial Section: Near Eastern
| Object Number | 65-3-1 |
| Current Location | Middle East Galleries - On Display |
| Provenience | Iraq | Nimrud |
| Period | Assyrian |
| Date Made | 8th century BCE |
| Section | Near Eastern |
| Materials | Ivory |
| Iconography | Wedjat Eye |
| Description | Horse's cheekpiece with attachment holes. Engraved and inlaid design of wadjet eye with arm holding ram headed sceptre. Traces of blue inlay in eye. Guilloche border. -This ivory cheekpiece was decorated with the engraved and inlaid design of a wadjet eye connected to an arm holding a ram-headed scepter. The wadjet eye symbol originated in Egypt. It was later called the Eye of Horus, and symbolized both protection and royal power. |
| Height | 7.5 cm |
| Width | 8.3 cm |
| Depth | 0.9 cm |
| Credit Line | Purchased from the British School of Archaeology, Iraq, 1965 |
| Other Number | ND 10386 - Field No SF |
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