A male likely of Kushitic-origin, carrying a leopard skin, and accompanied by a monkey, and an oryx: Neo-Assyrian; 8th–7th century B.C.
Excavated at Fort Shalmaneser, Nimrud (ancient Kalhu), Mesopotamia
“Phoenician style” Ivory; H. 5 5/16 in. (13.5 cm)
Rogers Fund, 1960
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