Inv. no. LNS 19 I
Lathe-turned and carved from elephant tusk, painted, and fitted with gilded bronze mounts
Height 10 cm; diameter 7.5 cm
Spain, the lower part early 11th century AD; lid and mounts later (but not modern) replacements
early 5th century AH
LNS 19 I
Ivory box, carved in relief with representations of unicorns, birds and plant forms. The edge of the lid carved with human faces and quadrupeds, its top with an ‘inscription’ in degenerate naskhi script ‘copied’ from the style used in the Alhambra and other Nasrid monuments