Description (Physical description)
Description for 1956.8 A-B: 'Two bone styli.'
Event Date
Author: maa

Context (Field collection)
Room NN (down well), Northwest Palace, Nimrud. Excavated by Max Mallowan, British School of Archaeology in Iraq, in 1952.
Event Date 1952
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (References)
Mallowan, M.E.L. (1953). 'The Excavations at Nimrud (Kalhu), 1952.' Iraq 15(1). pp. 1-42.
Event Date 1953
Author: Imogen Gunn (admin)

Context (References)
Mallowan, M.E.L. (1966). Nimrud and its Remains, vols. 1-2. London: British School of Archaeology in Iraq.
Event Date 1966
Author: Lily Stancliffe

Context (References)
Herrmann, G. et al. (2009). Ivories from Nimrud, Vol. 6: Ivories from the North West Palace (1845-1992). London: British Institute for the Study of Iraq. Pl. 259.
Event Date 2009
Author: Imogen Gunn

Context (Analysis)
Examined on 6 August 2013 by Dr Eleanor Robson, Reader in Ancient Near Eastern History at UCL, who made the following correction: these two are either spatulae or inlay, but certainly not styli. She also identified the material as ivory, not bone. The Name field has been updated accordingly as well as a new Description.
Event Date 6/8/2013
Author: Imogen Gunn

Description (Physical description)
Description for 1956.8 A-B: 'Two ivory spatulae or pieces of inlay.'
Event Date 6/8/2013
Author: maa

Description (Physical description)
Ivory spatula or piece of inlay. One end rounded, one pointed.
Event Date 25/8/2022
Author: Lily Stancliffe