Openwork plaque with a sphinx at a tree
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 5.43 x 3.07 x 0.35 in. (13.79 x 7.8 x 0.89 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Ornaments
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1952
Accession year: 1952
Tags: Sphinx