Openwork furniture plaque with sphinx
Object type: Furniture element
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 4.06 x 2.44 x 0.39 in. (10.31 x 6.2 x 0.99 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Syria probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu)
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Sphinx