Horse blinker carved in relief with a seated sphinx
Object type: Horse blinker
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 4 1/8 × 7 5/16 × 13/16 in. (10.5 × 18.6 × 2 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Equestrian-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1954
Accession year: 1954
Tags: Sphinx