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Nimrud lens
8th-century BC piece of rock crystal unearthed in 1850 / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Nimrud lens, also called Layard lens, is an 8th-century BC piece of rock crystal which was unearthed in 1850 by Austen Henry Layard at the Assyrian palace of Nimrud in modern-day Iraq.[3][4] It may have been used as a magnifying glass or as a burning-glass to start fires by concentrating sunlight, or it may have been a piece of decorative inlay.[3]
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The Nimrud lens | |
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![]() The lens on display in the British Museum | |
Material | Rock crystal |
Size | Diameter: 38 mm (1.5 in) Thickness: 23 mm (0.9 in)[1][2] |
Created | 750–710 BC |
Period/culture | Neo-Assyrian |
Discovered | 1850 Assyrian palace of Nimrud |
Discovered by | Austen Henry Layard |
Place | North West Palace, Room AB |
Present location | British Museum, London |
Identification | 90959 |
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