Furniture plaque carved in relief with a griffin in a floral landscape
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 x W. 2 3/8 x Th. 3/8 in. (7.8 x 6.1 x 1 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Griffins|Flowers