Openwork furniture plaque with a striding sphinx
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 4 13/16 × 4 1/4 × 9/16 in. (12.2 × 10.8 × 1.4 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Syria probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu)
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Sphinx