~ Ivory plaque of lioness mauling an African.
Cultures: Phoenician
Date: 900-700 B.C.
Place of rigin: Iraq, Nimrud: North West Palace
Medium: Ivory, gold, cornelian, lapis lazuli
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~ Ivory plaque of lioness mauling an African.
Cultures: Phoenician
Date: 900-700 B.C.
Place of rigin: Iraq, Nimrud: North West Palace
Medium: Ivory, gold, cornelian, lapis lazuli
~ Ivory inlay of a goat feeding on a tree.
Culture: Nubian
Period: Classic Kerma
Date: 1700–1550 B.C.
Place of origin: Sudan
Medium: Ivory
~ Finger ring in the form of a rearing cobra.
Period: Meroitic
Date: A.D. 30–175
Place of origin: Meroe, Beg. West, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium: Silver
~ Finger ring in the form of a snake.
Culture: Nubian
Period: Meroitic Period
Date: 40 B.C.–A.D. 114
Place of origin: Meroe, Beg. West, Nubia (Sudan)
Medium: Gold
~ Mask of a male African.
Date: A.D. 3rd century
Culture: Roman
Medium: Terracotta
~ Mug in the form of an African boy’s head. Culture: Italic, Etruscan Period: Late Classical or early Hellenistic Period Date: 350–300 B.C.
~Aryballos in the Form of Head of an African. Greek (Artist) Period: ca. 480-430 BC (Classical) Medium: terracotta