Openwork furniture plaque with a striding, ram-headed sphinx
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: H. 3 1/16 x W. 3 1/8 x D. 5/16 in. (7.8 x 8 x 0.8 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Sphinx