Fronton de cheval incisé sculpté dans la forme d'une fleur, volute palmette arbre ca.9th–8th Century B.C. Assyrian cette plaque d'ivoire est sculptée sous la forme d'un palmette à volute fleuri émergeant d'une large tige.L'ornementation florale comprend des volutes, des feuilles et un bourgeon central ovale, tous avec incision.La tige est ornée de deux bandes vierges juste en dessous de la capitale florale, avec une bande supplémentaire à franges bordant le bord inférieur.Les six trous forés dans le bord inférieur de cette pièce et suggèrent qu'elle a été fixée à un autre matériau, peut-être un textile ou le

• Contributeur: MET/BOT / Alamy Banque D'Images
• ID de l’image: 2HJ4CJ0
• Taille du fichier: 33,2 MB (669,5 KB Téléchargement compressé)
• Autorisations: Modèle - non | Propriété - non
• Dimensions: 3345 x 3474 px | 28,3 x 29,4 cm | 11,2 x 11,6 inches | 300dpi
• Date de la prise de vue: 22 janvier 2022

Informations supplémentaires

Cette image appartient au domaine public, ce qui signifie que le droit d’auteur a expiré ou que le titulaire du droit d’auteur a renoncé à ses droits. Les frais facturés par Alamy couvrent l’accès à la copie haute résolution de l’image.

Cette image peut avoir des imperfections car il s’agit d’une image historique ou de reportage.

Incised horse frontlet carved into the shape of a flowering, volute palmette tree ca. 9th–8th century B.C. Assyrian This ivory plaque is carved into the form of a flowering, voluted palmette emerging from a wide stalk. The crowning floral ornamentation includes volutes, leaves, and a central, oval bud, all outlined with incision. The stalk is ornamented with two blank bands just below the floral capital, with an additional, fringed band bordering the lower edge. The six holes drilled into the lower edge of this piece and suggest that it was fastened to another material, perhaps a textile or leather backing that has not survived. Originally, this piece was probably used as a frontlet, an equestrian bridle-harness ornament which adorned a horse’s forehead. Over two hundred ivory and gypsum alabaster equestrian bridle-harness ornaments have been found at Nimrud. The majority, including this frontlet, were found in a large storeroom (Room SW 37) at Fort Shalmaneser, a royal building at Nimrud that was probably used to store tribute and booty collected by the Assyrians while on military campaign. Although horses wearing equestrian bridle-harness ornaments are shown in Neo-Assyrian palace reliefs, it is not possible to know whether the ornaments in the reliefs were meant to represent work in ivory or in more durable materials such as bronze or iron. Ivory pieces like this one may have been used ceremonially, as votive dedications, or as processional regalia, rather than in battle. Built by the Assyrian king Ashurnasirpal II, the palaces and storerooms of Nimrud housed thousands of pieces of carved ivory. Most of the ivories served as furniture inlays or small precious objects such as boxes. While some of them were carved in the same style as the large Assyrian reliefs lining the walls of the Northwest Palace, the majority of the ivories display images and styles related to the arts of North Syria and the Phoenician city-states. Phoenician style ivories are distinguish