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“In addition to plaques, many small ivory carvings of female heads have been found at Nimrud, most only one or two inches in height, but a few over 5 inches tall. Many of these heads wear a flat cap which is very similar to the flat caps depicted on much earlier ivories from the Tel Megiddo site in modern Israel. Another common carved form found at Nimrud comprises figurines of two naked females joined back to back, which are thought to have been used either as handles for fans or mirrors, or as a decorative element on furniture.”
>> Here we go again: attaching the Jews to it as what (((they))) do to everything else we read. These are Phoenician made artifacts, not Jewish. And yes, they were sold to everyone, so it’s not a surprise to see them in Israel. But why mention them, always picking the Jews and Israel as examples to give, but not pick examples from other places, like from Syria or Egypt. See what I mean? This is how (((they))) control your thoughts and redirect them.
“The plaques show a wide variety of themes, some of which exhibit a pure Assyrian style, and some of which show Egyptian influence, with engravings of Egyptian people or gods, and even Egyptian hieroglyphs. However, the Egyptian themes are often misconstrued, and the hieroglyphs do not form valid names, so they would seem to be debased imitations of Egyptian art.”
>> Yes, the designs come from a big variety. And did you notice the last sentence: “they would seem to be debased IMITATIONS of Egyptian art” = this is because this was not done by the Ancient Egyptians but by the Phoenicians whom were using famous designs to sell these. If this was made by Ancient Egyptians, we wouldn’t have any problems reading the hieroglyphs. We have this problem because the Phoenicians didn’t write hieroglyphs and just used randomly the glyphs as designs.
“A far greater number of ivories were found at Nimrud than at any other Assyrian site, and it is thought that they had been brought to Nimrud as booty or imported as luxury goods from cities on the Mediterranean coast. Some centuries later it seems that these objects fell out of fashion, and were put into storage.”
>> The given explanation is good about the furniture being dumped there.
“Discoveries
Layard (1845)
The first group of ivories was excavated from the site of the palace of Shalmaneser III (ruled 859–824 BC) at the Assyrian capital of Nimrud. The palace was rediscovered in 1845 by Austin Henry Layard, on the very first day of his excavations; on the second day, he made the first discovery of ivories.”
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