Plaster with painted chevrons

c. 9 BC · Assyria

Plaster with painted chevrons, from Assyria, dated c. 9 BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 9 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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