Openwork furniture plaque with head of a sphinx
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 4.12 x 4.5 in. (10.46 x 11.43 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs-Inscribed
Geography:      Syria probably from Arslan Tash (ancient Hadatu)
Credit line: Fletcher Fund, 1957
Accession year: 1957
Tags: Sphinx