The end of the drill has punctuated the stone’s white zone, opening a semblance of space at Michael’s elbow and between his legs. The engraver also manipulated the white stratum so as to frame the image in an oval band
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Two Tusk Fragments with the Ascension of Christ:17.190.46 and 17.190.48Conforming to the shape of the ivory tusks from which they were carved, these two fragmentary images of the Ascension are so similar that they must have been carved by the same workshop
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1902, excavated under the direction of R. Koldewey on behalf of the German Oriental Society; 1926, ceded to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum, in the division of finds; acquired by the Museum in 1931, purchased from the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Vorderasiatisches Museum
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