Furniture plaque carved in relief with a striding, falcon-headed winged sphinx supported by two kneeling figures
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 5.91 x 2.32 x 0.39 in. (15.01 x 5.89 x 0.99 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Sphinx|Human Figures