Title: Openwork plaque with a sphinx striding through a floral landscape
Object type: Relief
Date: ca. 9th–8th century BCE
Culture: Assyrian
Period: Neo-Assyrian
Medium: Ivory
Dimensions: 2.99 x 2.95 x 0.35 in. (7.59 x 7.49 x 0.89 cm)
Credit line: Rogers Fund, 1964
Geography:      Mesopotamia Nimrud (ancient Kalhu)    
Department: Ancient West Asian Art
Repository: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Tags: term: Sphinx