Ancient Ivory

Masterpieces of the Assyrian Empire

Gebonden EN 2017 9780500051917
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Elephant ivory is a tactile, beautiful, and workable material. It can be made into many different forms and is the strongest material in the animal kingdom. It has been highly prized from the Paleolithic to the present day, and the impact on elephants has been severe—indeed, the Syrian elephant was hunted to extinction. Long ago, during the early first millennium bce—“The Age of Ivory”—literally thousands of carved ivories found their way to the Assyrian capital city of Kalhu, or modern Nimrud, in northern Iraq. The majority were not made there but arrived as gifts, tributes, or booty gathered by the Assyrian kings from the small neighboring states of the ancient Middle Eastern world, with the ivory itself probably sourced from the African elephant.Ancient Ivory

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ISBN13:9780500051917
Taal:EN
Bindwijze:Gebonden
Aantal pagina's:208
Uitgever:Thames & Hudson Ltd
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