Openwork 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: H. 3 7/16 x W. 4 1/16 x Th. 13/16 in. (8.8 x 10.3 x 2.1 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Sphinx