Description
Book SynopsisAn informative and beautifully produced guide to the Nimrud Ivories, one of the world's most spectacular collections of ancient ivory, now largely lost as a result of conflict in the Middle East.
Trade Review'A beautifully illustrated, authoritative account … an essential work of reference not just for those concerned with the ancient Near East but for everybody interested in ancient ivories' - John Curtis, President of the British Institute for the Study of Iraq and former Keeper of the Department of the Middle East at the British Museum
'Masterly … Intimately familiar with the spectacular finds from the Assyrian capital of Nimrud, Georgina Herrmann brings to life the story of Near Eastern ivory carving' - Dirk Wicke, Chair of the Institute of Archaeological Sciences, Goethe Universität
'Beautiful … It should certainly belong in the collection of anyone with an interest in ivories and the ancient art of the Assyrian Empire' - The Prehistoric Society
