Border strip

c. 900–700 BC · Assyria

Border strip, from Assyria, dated c. 900–700 BC. It was found at Nimrud. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

c. 900–700 BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nimrud

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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