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Begram Ivory and Bone Carvings

Catalogue Number: 10.A.056

Technique: Sunken Relief

Material: Ivory

Size: 18.85 x 5 cm

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Theme: Human Figures

Motif: Woman

Description: On a rectangular plaque a woman is depicted standing cross-legged on a small round platform. She wears a long tunic the bottom part of which is draped over her left arm. Her right arm is held along her body. Her hair is arranged in a cone and a a twisted cloth, from which three leaves protrude upward, is tied around her head. A tree branch is depicted above her.

Reference: Hackin 1939, p.92, fig.162.

Museum Number: MG 21317

Chapter Reference(s):
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