Pomegranate carved in the round
Object type: Sculpture
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 1 5/16 in. × 1 in. × 1 in. (3.3 × 2.6 × 2.6 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Sculpture
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1954
Accession year: 1954
Tags: Pomegranates