Cloisonné furniture plaque with two sphinxes flanking a cartouche
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 2.05 x 6.18 x 0.28 in. (5.21 x 15.7 x 0.71 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession year: 1962
Tags: Cartouches|Sphinx