5049854 Furniture plaque carved in high relief with two Egyptianizing figures flanking a volute tree, c.9th??th century BC (ivory) by Neo-Assyrian, (9th century BC); 12.4x7.7x1.1 cm; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA; (add.info.: From Nimrud (ancient Kalhu) Mesopotamia in storerooms built by king Ashurnasirpal II, possibly for booty Plaque combining Egyptianizing elements characteristic of Phoenician ivories, including the winged disc with uraei (mythical, fire-spitting serpents)).