Cosmetic box fragment carved in relief with the head of a sphinx
Object type: Cosmetic container
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Iran
Period: Iron Age II, Hasanlu Period IV
Date: ca. 9th century BCE
Medium: Ivory, gold foil
Dimensions: 1.46 x 1.18 x 0.43 in. (3.71 x 3 x 1.09 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Vessels
Geography:      Iran Hasanlu
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1965
Accession year: 1965
Tags: Sphinx