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Finally old enough that people respect my opinion, not old enough for people to start dismissing my opinions out-of-hand again. Very private person, willing to share if asked directly.

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18th Century BCE ivory furniture plaque in the shape of a hawk. Currently owned by the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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Details (paraphrased) from The Met museum page:

This piece belongs to a group of five carved ivory plaques probably found at the site of a palace at Acemhöyük in central Anatolia.
The plaque is discolored with a combination of reddish areas, where iron oxides are present on the surface, and a gray hue that indicates the object was exposed to considerable heat, perhaps during the destruction of the palace.

Additional pieces can be viewed at the Met museum page above, or the Wikimedia page for Acemhöyük.

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