Furniture plaque carved in relief with a winged, falcon-headed sphinx
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 4.37 x 3.23 x 0.24 in. (11.1 x 8.2 x 0.61 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Harris Brisbane Dick Fund, 1967
Accession year: 1967
Tags: Falcons|Sphinx