Openwork furniture plaque with winged sphinx
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 3.19 x 1.97 x 0.35 in. (8.1 x 5 x 0.89 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1961
Accession year: 1961
Tags: Sphinx