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It is catalogued from the open collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and is free to reuse under CC0.

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Title	Mortar
Date	900–950 10th century
Medium	Elephant ivory
Classification	Ivories-Elephant
Origin	Syrian (?) Syrian
Holding institution	The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Credit line	Gift of J. Pierpont Morgan, 1917
Rights	Public domain (CC0)

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