Carpet-patterned threshold from Ashurbanipal’s palace

7th century BC · Assyria

Carpet-patterned threshold from Ashurbanipal’s palace, from Assyria, dated 7th century BC. It was found at Nineveh. Today it is kept at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

Date

7th century BC

Civilization

Assyria

Found at

Nineveh

Where it is today

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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