Openwork furniture plaque with sphinx striding through a floral landscape
Object type: Relief
Department: Ancient Near Eastern Art
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 8.74 x 4.53 x 0.75 in. (22.2 x 11.51 x 1.91 cm)
Classification: Ivory/Bone-Reliefs
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Accession year: 1964
Tags: Sphinx